diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/touch.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/touch.rs
index 0253e7e317..2a1e128b04 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/touch.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/touch.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ impl Command for Touch {
             )
             .switch(
                 "modified",
-                "change the modification time of the file or directory. If no timestamp, date or reference file/directory is given, the current time is used",
+                "change the modification time of the file or directory. If no reference file/directory is given, the current time is used",
                 Some('m'),
             )
             .switch(
                 "access",
-                "change the access time of the file or directory. If no timestamp, date or reference file/directory is given, the current time is used",
+                "change the access time of the file or directory. If no reference file/directory is given, the current time is used",
                 Some('a'),
             )
             .switch(
@@ -189,11 +189,6 @@ impl Command for Touch {
                 example: r#"touch -m -r fixture.json d e"#,
                 result: None,
             },
-            Example {
-                description: r#"Changes the last accessed time of "fixture.json" to a date"#,
-                example: r#"touch -a -d "August 24, 2019; 12:30:30" fixture.json"#,
-                result: None,
-            },
         ]
     }
 }