diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_manpage.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_manpage.go
index 31a85109e..46822a662 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_manpage.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_manpage.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -31,10 +32,17 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func runManpage(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	// use a fixed date for the man pages so that generating them is deterministic
+	date, err := time.Parse("Jan 2006", "Jan 2017")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	header := &doc.GenManHeader{
 		Title:   "restic backup",
 		Section: "1",
 		Source:  "generated by `restic manpage`",
+		Date:    &date,
 	}
 
 	dir := manpageOpts.OutputDir
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-autocomplete.1 b/doc/man/restic-autocomplete.1
index 2c598248f..ab620dfd8 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-autocomplete.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-autocomplete.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-backup.1 b/doc/man/restic-backup.1
index 853b3835f..d791688d8 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-backup.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-backup.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-cat.1 b/doc/man/restic-cat.1
index 778a8a4ea..38ff1baf5 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-cat.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-cat.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-check.1 b/doc/man/restic-check.1
index 1af6fbfca..28710caba 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-check.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-check.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-dump.1 b/doc/man/restic-dump.1
index 2d6dbfd91..2185b087d 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-dump.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-dump.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-find.1 b/doc/man/restic-find.1
index a3c613352..d6f8822a3 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-find.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-find.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-forget.1 b/doc/man/restic-forget.1
index 8007839d9..b9a1ff550 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-forget.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-forget.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-init.1 b/doc/man/restic-init.1
index 55f85587b..ce3590426 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-init.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-init.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-key.1 b/doc/man/restic-key.1
index b41b2b7b2..7eda504aa 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-key.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-key.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-list.1 b/doc/man/restic-list.1
index 9e5ab4bde..bd19ac0c8 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-list.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-list.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-ls.1 b/doc/man/restic-ls.1
index 0c79ca074..f7630b837 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-ls.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-ls.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-manpage.1 b/doc/man/restic-manpage.1
index 94bc84164..4be44ab8d 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-manpage.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-manpage.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-migrate.1 b/doc/man/restic-migrate.1
index 2bc2b0c68..0320c1591 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-migrate.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-migrate.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-mount.1 b/doc/man/restic-mount.1
index 8ebebd049..5bdbda701 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-mount.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-mount.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-prune.1 b/doc/man/restic-prune.1
index 69bd7c870..8bdecb8b2 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-prune.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-prune.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-rebuild-index.1 b/doc/man/restic-rebuild-index.1
index 482a2ff04..eb1f77792 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-rebuild-index.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-rebuild-index.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-restore.1 b/doc/man/restic-restore.1
index 8f4d785be..3a7740402 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-restore.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-restore.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-snapshots.1 b/doc/man/restic-snapshots.1
index ee78a24d3..84ade8b78 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-snapshots.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-snapshots.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-tag.1 b/doc/man/restic-tag.1
index 7efe1d210..413e24ffb 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-tag.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-tag.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-unlock.1 b/doc/man/restic-unlock.1
index 8ccfd14bc..075a76840 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-unlock.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-unlock.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-version.1 b/doc/man/restic-version.1
index 174343ac6..caf8490ea 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-version.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-version.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l
 
diff --git a/doc/man/restic.1 b/doc/man/restic.1
index 4e564a35c..d6b4d8f01 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "restic backup" "1" "Aug 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
+.TH "restic backup" "1" "Jan 2017" "generated by `restic manpage`" "" 
 .nh
 .ad l