diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
index 4b6b54cce64ec..5888600d2fa8e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ def date(self):
         "day",
         "D",
         """
-        The month as January=1, December=12.
+        The day of the datetime.
         """,
     )
     hour = _field_accessor(