diff --git a/DOCUMENTATION.md b/DOCUMENTATION.md
index 2e6fccbd..f9a51a04 100644
--- a/DOCUMENTATION.md
+++ b/DOCUMENTATION.md
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ _(>= 3.7.5)_
 
 Global template for summary of conversion "bday"
 
-Default: `"{{n:f} {n:g} {n:a}|{fn}|{nickname}} (BDAY)"`
+Default: `"{{n:f} {n:g}|{fn}|{nickname}} ({year}) (BDAY)"`
 
 Supported placeholders (data used from VCARD)
  * `{year}`: year of birthday (RFC6350#6.2.5)
diff --git a/config b/config
index 1876b629..4e9a5255 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 #default_permissions_create_map = r
 
 # Global template for summary of conversion "bday"
-#conversion_bday_summary_template = "[{n:f} {n:g} {n:a}|{fn}|{nickname}] (BDAY)"
+#conversion_bday_summary_template = "[{n:f} {n:g} |{fn}|{nickname}] ({year}) (BDAY)"
 
 # Global template for description of conversion "bday"
 #conversion_bday_description_template = "BDAY={year}-{month}-{day}"
diff --git a/radicale/sharing/__init__.py b/radicale/sharing/__init__.py
index d2eb90dc..7c5d5339 100644
--- a/radicale/sharing/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/sharing/__init__.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ OVERLAY_PROPERTIES_WHITELIST: Sequence[str] = ("C:calendar-description", "ICAL:c
 
 SHARING_BDAY_AGE_MAX_LIMIT: int = 199  # maximum age to prevent unexpected DoS by config
 SHARING_BDAY_AGE_MAX_DEFAULT: int = 99
-SHARING_BDAY_SUMMARY_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT: str = "[{n:f} {n:g} {n:a}|{fn}|{nickname}] ({year}) (BDAY)"
+SHARING_BDAY_SUMMARY_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT: str = "[{n:f} {n:g}|{fn}|{nickname}] ({year}) (BDAY)"
 SHARING_BDAY_DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT: str = "BDAY={year}-{month}-{day}"
 SHARING_BDAY_CATEGORIES_DEFAULT: str = 'Birthday'