diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index 8a317e79c86..d572cce28f8 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ class DateField(Field):
             return value
         if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             if settings.USE_TZ and timezone.is_aware(value):
-                # Convert aware datetimes to the current time zone
+                # Convert aware datetimes to the default time zone
                 # before casting them to dates (#17742).
                 default_timezone = timezone.get_default_timezone()
                 value = timezone.make_naive(value, default_timezone)