diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/DeviceInfoSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/DeviceInfoSettings.java
index 9ead7c64fe6..1f0cad19cab 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/DeviceInfoSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/DeviceInfoSettings.java
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ import android.provider.SearchIndexableResource;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.telephony.CarrierConfigManager;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.text.format.DateFormat;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.widget.Toast;
+
 import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger;
 import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
 import com.android.settings.search.Index;
@@ -47,9 +49,13 @@ import com.android.settings.search.Indexable;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -102,6 +108,14 @@ public class DeviceInfoSettings extends SettingsPreferenceFragment implements In
         findPreference(KEY_FIRMWARE_VERSION).setEnabled(true);
         String patch = Build.VERSION.SECURITY_PATCH;
         if (!"".equals(patch)) {
+            try {
+                SimpleDateFormat template = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+                Date patchDate = template.parse(patch);
+                String format = DateFormat.getBestDateTimePattern(Locale.getDefault(), "dMMMMyyyy");
+                patch = DateFormat.format(format, patchDate).toString();
+            } catch (ParseException e) {
+                // broken parse; fall through and use the raw string
+            }
             setStringSummary(KEY_SECURITY_PATCH, patch);
         } else {
             getPreferenceScreen().removePreference(findPreference(KEY_SECURITY_PATCH));