diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi
index ec525bbf15a..9d96fab8bca 100644
--- a/Docs/manual.texi
+++ b/Docs/manual.texi
@@ -50834,6 +50834,8 @@ each individual 4.0.x release.
 @appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.5
 @itemize
 @item
+Small fix in mysqld_safe for some shells
+@item
 Give error if one has more than 2 ^ 32 rows in a MyISAM MERGE file and one
 has not compiled MySQL with @code{-DBIG_TABLES}.
 @item
diff --git a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
index e6ecbf6f729..840b937519a 100644
--- a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ do
     done
   fi
 
-  echo "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S  mysqld restarted'`" | tee -a $err_log
+  echo "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S'  mysqld restarted" | tee -a $err_log
 done
 
-echo "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S  mysqld ended'`" | tee -a $err_log
+echo "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S'`  mysqld ended" | tee -a $err_log
 echo "" | tee -a $err_log