diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 00f9eb5d0b9730107a8e08e92eb04d4cc9233595..896fbb48060c673b8dc2f2aa6ea3de3c1042fbd2 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ const char *show_date_relative(unsigned long time, int tz,
 	}
 	/* Give years and months for 5 years or so */
 	if (diff < 1825) {
-		unsigned long years = diff / 365;
-		unsigned long months = (diff % 365 + 15) / 30;
+		unsigned long totalmonths = (diff * 12 * 2 + 365) / (365 * 2);
+		unsigned long years = totalmonths / 12;
+		unsigned long months = totalmonths % 12;
 		int n;
 		n = snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu year%s",
 				years, (years > 1 ? "s" : ""));
diff --git a/t/t0006-date.sh b/t/t0006-date.sh
index 1d4d0a5c7d2549c67334a8d5dd3f462962db81f2..f87abb5a0682d7a2fc7c3947789301c4157d331d 100755
--- a/t/t0006-date.sh
+++ b/t/t0006-date.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ check_show 37500000 '1 year, 2 months ago'
 check_show 55188000 '1 year, 9 months ago'
 check_show 630000000 '20 years ago'
 check_show 31449600 '12 months ago'
+check_show 62985600 '2 years ago'
 
 check_parse() {
 	echo "$1 -> $2" >expect