diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 4cc45a35c..925f64462 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "July 21th, 2019">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "July 21st, 2019">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2019"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "9.0">