diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
index 74ce2251d..ede4f15ad 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
@@ -306,10 +306,11 @@ A date and time representation.
 
 Corresponds to `django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField`.
 
-**Signature:** `DateTimeField(format=api_settings.DATETIME_FORMAT, input_formats=None)`
+**Signature:** `DateTimeField(format=api_settings.DATETIME_FORMAT, input_formats=None, default_timezone=None)`
 
 * `format` - A string representing the output format. If not specified, this defaults to the same value as the `DATETIME_FORMAT` settings key, which will be `'iso-8601'` unless set. Setting to a format string indicates that `to_representation` return values should be coerced to string output. Format strings are described below. Setting this value to `None` indicates that Python `datetime` objects should be returned by `to_representation`. In this case the datetime encoding will be determined by the renderer.
 * `input_formats` - A list of strings representing the input formats which may be used to parse the date.  If not specified, the `DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS` setting will be used, which defaults to `['iso-8601']`.
+* `default_timezone` - A `pytz.timezone` representing the timezone. If not specified and the `USE_TZ` setting is enabled, this defaults to the [current timezone][django-current-timezone]. If `USE_TZ` is disabled, then datetime objects will be naive.
 
 #### `DateTimeField` format strings.
 
@@ -835,3 +836,4 @@ The [django-rest-framework-hstore][django-rest-framework-hstore] package provide
 [django-rest-framework-hstore]: https://github.com/djangonauts/django-rest-framework-hstore
 [django-hstore]: https://github.com/djangonauts/django-hstore
 [python-decimal-rounding-modes]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html#rounding-modes
+[django-current-timezone]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/i18n/timezones/#default-time-zone-and-current-time-zone