diff --git a/doc/default/date.md b/doc/default/date.md
index 5362c0bc2e..ff48daa7e6 100644
--- a/doc/default/date.md
+++ b/doc/default/date.md
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ Faker::Date.backward(days: 14) #=> "Fri, 19 Sep 2014"
 Faker::Date.birthday(min_age: 18, max_age: 65) #=> "Mar, 28 Mar 1986"
 
 # Random date in current year
-Faker::Internet.in_date_period #=> #<Date: 2019-09-01>
+Faker::Date.in_date_period #=> Tue, 28 May 2019
 
 # Random date for range of year 2018 and month 2
 # Keyword arguments: year, month 
-Faker::Date.in_date_period(year: 2018, month: 2) #=> #<Date: 2018-02-26>
+Faker::Date.in_date_period(year: 2018, month: 2) #=> Sun, 04 Feb 2018
 
 # Random date for range of current year and month 2
 # Keyword arguments: month 
-Faker::Date.in_date_period(month: 2) #=> #<Date: 2019-02-26>
+Faker::Date.in_date_period(month: 2) #=> Wed, 06 Feb 2019
 
 ```
diff --git a/lib/faker/default/date.rb b/lib/faker/default/date.rb
index 18f7bf2c2f..020417e785 100644
--- a/lib/faker/default/date.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/default/date.rb
@@ -80,21 +80,17 @@ def birthday(legacy_min_age = NOT_GIVEN, legacy_max_age = NOT_GIVEN, min_age: 18
       # Produces a date in the year and/or month specified.
       #
       # @param month [Integer] represents the month of the date
-      #
       # @param year [Integer] represents the year of the date
-      #
-      #
       # @return [Date]
       #
       # @example
-      #   Faker::Internet.in_date_period #=> #<Date: 2019-09-01>
+      #   Faker::Date.in_date_period #=> Tue, 28 May 2019
       #
       # @example
-      #   Faker::Date.in_date_period(year: 2018, month: 2) #=> #<Date: 2018-02-26>
+      #   Faker::Date.in_date_period(year: 2018, month: 2) #=> Sun, 04 Feb 2018
       #
       # @example
-      #   Faker::Date.in_date_period(month: 2) #=> #<Date: 2019-02-26>
-      #
+      #   Faker::Date.in_date_period(month: 2) #=> Wed, 06 Feb 2019
       #
       # @faker.version next
       def in_date_period(month: nil, year: ::Date.today.year)