diff --git a/gcc/doc/cppenv.texi b/gcc/doc/cppenv.texi
index 123df5c464c..e1e408a2974 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/cppenv.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/cppenv.texi
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ reproducible.
 The value of @env{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} must be a UNIX timestamp,
 defined as the number of seconds (excluding leap seconds) since
 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 represented in ASCII; identical to the output of
-@samp{@command{date +%s}} on GNU/Linux and other systems that support the
+@code{date +%s} on GNU/Linux and other systems that support the
 @code{%s} extension in the @code{date} command.
 
 The value should be a known timestamp such as the last modification