diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 98ec8d49e..2d6e494b4 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <!ENTITY book SYSTEM "book/book.xml">
 
 <!ENTITY version "20010831">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "August 31th, 2001">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "August 31st, 2001">
 
 <!ENTITY ftp-root "ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org">
 <!ENTITY http-root "http://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org">