diff --git a/django/utils/timezone.py b/django/utils/timezone.py
index 676f8f18afe..9d706c96a94 100644
--- a/django/utils/timezone.py
+++ b/django/utils/timezone.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 __all__ = [
     'utc', 'get_default_timezone', 'get_current_timezone',
     'activate', 'deactivate', 'override',
-    'localtime', 'is_naive', 'is_aware', 'make_aware', 'make_naive',
+    'is_naive', 'is_aware', 'make_aware', 'make_naive',
 ]
 
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class override(object):
             del _active.value
 
 
-# Utilities
+# Templates
 
 def localtime(value, use_tz=None):
     """
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ def localtime(value, use_tz=None):
 
     If use_tz is provided and is not None, that will force the value to
     be converted (or not), overriding the value of settings.USE_TZ.
+
+    This function is designed for use by the template engine.
     """
     if (isinstance(value, datetime)
         and (settings.USE_TZ if use_tz is None else use_tz)
@@ -224,6 +226,9 @@ def localtime(value, use_tz=None):
             value = timezone.normalize(value)
     return value
 
+
+# Utilities
+
 def now():
     """
     Returns an aware or naive datetime.datetime, depending on settings.USE_TZ.
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index c7b8e1bec4a..a4fdf7dd48c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -666,11 +666,6 @@ For a complete discussion on the usage of the following see the
     ``None``, the :ref:`current time zone <default-current-time-zone>` is unset
     on entry with :func:`deactivate()` instead.
 
-.. function:: localtime(value, use_tz=None)
-
-    This function is used by the template engine to convert datetimes to local
-    time where appropriate.
-
 .. function:: now()
 
     Returns an aware or naive :class:`~datetime.datetime` that represents the