diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 33759953d20e..0435e1cfe1a1 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ is set correctly if the environment specifies a non-C locale.
 
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
-Perl 5.38.3 represents approximately 13 months of development since Perl 5.38.2
+Perl 5.38.3 represents approximately 14 months of development since Perl 5.38.2
 and contains approximately 5,600 lines of changes across 62 files from 22
 authors.