diff --git a/content/en/functions/now.md b/content/en/functions/now.md
index fcd86231e..8c706835b 100644
--- a/content/en/functions/now.md
+++ b/content/en/functions/now.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ aliases: []
 
 See [`time.Time`](https://godoc.org/time#Time).
 
-For example, building your site on June 24, 2017 with the following templating:
+For example, building your site on June 24, 2017, with the following templating:
 
 ```
 <div>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ For example, building your site on June 24, 2017 with the following templating:
 </div>
 ```
 
-Which will produce the following:
+would produce the following:
 
 ```
 <div>
@@ -40,5 +40,11 @@ Which will produce the following:
 The above example uses the [`.Format` function](/functions/format), which page includes a full listing of date formatting using Golang's layout string.
 
 {{% note %}}
-Older Hugo themes may use the deprecated `.Now` (uppercase). Be sure to use the lowercase `.now` in your templating.
+Older Hugo themes may still be using the obsolete Page’s `.Now` (uppercase with leading dot), which causes build error that looks like the following:
+
+    ERROR ... Error while rendering "..." in "...": ...
+    executing "..." at <.Now.Format>:
+    can't evaluate field Now in type *hugolib.PageOutput
+
+Be sure to use `now` (lowercase with _**no**_ leading dot) in your templating.
 {{% /note %}}