diff --git a/docs/getting_started.rst b/docs/getting_started.rst
index 4aeddbfb..afea8c01 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Pelican, or with the ``keywords`` metadata, as is standard in HTML. The two can
 be used interchangeably.
 
 Note that, aside from the title, none of this metadata is mandatory: if the date
-is not specified and DEFAULT_DATE is None, Pelican will rely on the file's 
+is not specified and DEFAULT_DATE is 'fs', Pelican will rely on the file's 
 "mtime" timestamp, and the category can be determined by the directory in which 
 the file resides. For example, a file located at ``python/foobar/myfoobar.rst`` 
 will have a category of ``foobar``.