diff --git a/mercurial/helptext/dates.txt b/mercurial/helptext/dates.txt
--- a/mercurial/helptext/dates.txt
+++ b/mercurial/helptext/dates.txt
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
 - ``<DATE`` - at or before a given date/time
 - ``>DATE`` - on or after a given date/time
 - ``DATE to DATE`` - a date range, inclusive
-- ``-DAYS`` - within a given number of days of today
+- ``-DAYS`` - within a given number of days from today