diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
index 930bf419f1..37f78e8351 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ class Node : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Node>
   rclcpp::Clock::ConstSharedPtr
   get_clock() const;
 
-  /// Returns current time from the time source specified by clock_type.
+  /// Returns current time from the node clock.
   /**
    * \sa rclcpp::Clock::now
    */
diff --git a/rclcpp_lifecycle/include/rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp b/rclcpp_lifecycle/include/rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp
index d63cc726f9..6e196c887b 100644
--- a/rclcpp_lifecycle/include/rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp_lifecycle/include/rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ class LifecycleNode : public node_interfaces::LifecycleNodeInterface,
   rclcpp::Clock::ConstSharedPtr
   get_clock() const;
 
-  /// Returns current time from the time source specified by clock_type.
+  /// Returns current time from the node clock.
   /**
    * \sa rclcpp::Clock::now
    */