diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d92797e587..1cfecebadd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Versions with only mechanical changes will be omitted from the following list.
 * Implement `DurationRound` for `NaiveDateTime`
 * Add `DateTime::from_local()` to construct from given local date and time (#572)
 * Correct build for wasm32-unknown-emscripten target (#568)
+* Change `Local::now()` and `Utc::now()` documentation from "current date" to "current date and time" (#647)
 
 ## 0.4.19
 
diff --git a/src/offset/local.rs b/src/offset/local.rs
index 8ee5848b5e..deb3d681fe 100644
--- a/src/offset/local.rs
+++ b/src/offset/local.rs
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ impl Local {
         Local::now().date()
     }
 
-    /// Returns a `DateTime` which corresponds to the current date.
+    /// Returns a `DateTime` which corresponds to the current date and time.
     #[cfg(not(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(target_os = "wasi"), feature = "wasmbind")))]
     pub fn now() -> DateTime<Local> {
         tm_to_datetime(Timespec::now().local())
     }
 
-    /// Returns a `DateTime` which corresponds to the current date.
+    /// Returns a `DateTime` which corresponds to the current date and time.
     #[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(target_os = "wasi"), feature = "wasmbind"))]
     pub fn now() -> DateTime<Local> {
         use super::Utc;
diff --git a/src/offset/utc.rs b/src/offset/utc.rs
index 3be9bfb59a..b094e57c4d 100644
--- a/src/offset/utc.rs
+++ b/src/offset/utc.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Utc {
         Utc::now().date()
     }
 
-    /// Returns a `DateTime` which corresponds to the current date.
+    /// Returns a `DateTime` which corresponds to the current date and time.
     #[cfg(not(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(target_os = "wasi"), feature = "wasmbind")))]
     pub fn now() -> DateTime<Utc> {
         let now =