diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index af904a05a47f06..2598ab40b23da7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -180,18 +180,12 @@ Objects of the :class:`date` type are always naive.
 
 An object of type :class:`.time` or :class:`.datetime` may be aware or naive.
 
-A :class:`.datetime` object ``d`` is aware if both of the following hold:
-
-1. ``d.tzinfo`` is not ``None``
-2. ``d.tzinfo.utcoffset(d)`` does not return ``None``
-
+A :class:`.datetime` object ``d`` is aware if
+:meth:`d.utcoffset() <datetime.utcoffset>` does not return ``None``.
 Otherwise, ``d`` is naive.
 
-A :class:`.time` object ``t`` is aware if both of the following hold:
-
-1. ``t.tzinfo`` is not ``None``
-2. ``t.tzinfo.utcoffset(None)`` does not return ``None``.
-
+A :class:`.time` object ``t`` is aware if
+:meth:`t.utcoffset() <time.utcoffset>` does not return ``None``.
 Otherwise, ``t`` is naive.
 
 The distinction between aware and naive doesn't apply to :class:`timedelta`