diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5f9cdcb..10a2ef6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ The page title and description can be Markdown. Markup is stripped for HTML and
 
 The page title is displayed in an `h1` tag, so page content headers must start with `h2`.
 
-The page date is the publish date, if any; otherwise, it's the creation date.
+The page date is the publish date, if any.
 
 Bootstrap 5.2.2 CSS and JavaScript and Bootstrap Icons 1.10.2 are loaded from the Bootstrap CDN for every page unless local Bootstrap assets are used instead.