diff --git a/docs/content/templates/functions.md b/docs/content/templates/functions.md
index 912bb3cde..599e61bda 100644
--- a/docs/content/templates/functions.md
+++ b/docs/content/templates/functions.md
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ and other basic tools; these are listed in the
 
 ### default
 Checks whether a given value is set and returns a default value if it is not.
-"Set" in this context means true for booleans; non-zero for numeric types;
-non-zero length for strings, arrays, slices, and maps; any struct value; or
-non-nil for any other types.
+"Set" in this context means true for booleans; non-zero for numeric types and
+times; non-zero length for strings, arrays, slices, and maps; any struct value;
+or non-nil for any other types.
 
 e.g.
 
diff --git a/tpl/template_funcs.go b/tpl/template_funcs.go
index 4df811a1c..3e87ab058 100644
--- a/tpl/template_funcs.go
+++ b/tpl/template_funcs.go
@@ -1241,8 +1241,8 @@ func dateFormat(layout string, v interface{}) (string, error) {
 
 // dfault checks whether a given value is set and returns a default value if it
 // is not.  "Set" in this context means true for booleans; non-zero for numeric
-// types; non-zero length for strings, arrays, slices, and maps; any struct
-// value; or non-nil for any other types.
+// types and times; non-zero length for strings, arrays, slices, and maps; any
+// struct value; or non-nil for any other types.
 func dfault(dflt interface{}, given ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	// given is variadic because the following construct will not pass a piped
 	// argument when the key is missing:  {{ index . "key" | default "foo" }}