diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 50bb7254f..72bda14ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ MAJOR_VER := v5
 PACKAGE := github.com/dundee/$(NAME)/$(MAJOR_VER)
 CMD_GDU := cmd/gdu
 VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags 2>/dev/null)
+DATE := $(shell date +'%Y-%m-%d')
 GOFLAGS ?= -buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw
 LDFLAGS := -s -w -extldflags '-static' \
 	-X '$(PACKAGE)/build.Version=$(VERSION)' \
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ build-all:
 	cd dist; for file in gdu_windows_*; do zip $$file.zip $$file; done
 
 gdu.1: gdu.1.md
-	pandoc gdu.1.md -s -t man > gdu.1
+	sed 's/{{date}}/$(DATE)/g' gdu.1.md > gdu.1.date.md
+	pandoc gdu.1.date.md -s -t man > gdu.1
+	rm -f gdu.1.date.md
 
 man: gdu.1
 	cp gdu.1 dist
diff --git a/gdu.1 b/gdu.1
index be3456a17..c086cf8ee 100644
--- a/gdu.1
+++ b/gdu.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.14.0.2
 .\"
-.TH "gdu" "1" "Jan 2021" "" ""
+.TH "gdu" "1" "2021-08-24" "" ""
 .hy
 .SH NAME
 .PP
diff --git a/gdu.1.md b/gdu.1.md
index dad9fd3bf..e2aee8738 100644
--- a/gdu.1.md
+++ b/gdu.1.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-date: Jan 2021
+date: {{date}}
 section: 1
 title: gdu
 ---
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ flag with following meaning:
 
 **e**
 
-:  Directory is empty.
\ No newline at end of file
+:  Directory is empty.