diff --git a/src/format/strftime.rs b/src/format/strftime.rs
index 651dca84f5..bc26475ccb 100644
--- a/src/format/strftime.rs
+++ b/src/format/strftime.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following specifiers are available both to formatting and parsing.
 | Spec. | Example  | Description                                                                |
 |-------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |       |          | **DATE SPECIFIERS:**                                                       |
-| `%Y`  | `2001`   | The full proleptic Gregorian year, zero-padded to 4 digits. Allows negative years. |
+| `%Y`  | `2001`   | The full proleptic Gregorian year, zero-padded to 4 digits. chrono supports years from -262144 to 262143. |
 | `%C`  | `20`     | The proleptic Gregorian year divided by 100, zero-padded to 2 digits. [^1] |
 | `%y`  | `01`     | The proleptic Gregorian year modulo 100, zero-padded to 2 digits. [^1]     |
 |       |          |                                                                            |