diff --git a/sql/ddl_api.sql b/sql/ddl_api.sql
index a08124d7b..ed9a302cc 100644
--- a/sql/ddl_api.sql
+++ b/sql/ddl_api.sql
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ BEGIN
     ELSIF time_type = 'TIMESTAMPTZ'::regtype THEN
         PERFORM drop_chunks(now() - older_than, table_name, schema_name, cascade);
     ELSE
-        RAISE 'Can only use drop_chunks with an INTERVAL for TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMPTZ types';
+        RAISE 'Can only use drop_chunks with an INTERVAL for TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMPTZ, and DATE types';
     END IF;
 END
 $BODY$;
diff --git a/test/expected/drop_chunks.out b/test/expected/drop_chunks.out
index c00109069..0f16fbfd6 100644
--- a/test/expected/drop_chunks.out
+++ b/test/expected/drop_chunks.out
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ ROLLBACK;
 SELECT drop_chunks(interval '1 minute');
 ERROR:  Cannot use drop_chunks on multiple tables with different time types
 SELECT drop_chunks(interval '1 minute', 'drop_chunk_test3');
-ERROR:  Can only use drop_chunks with an INTERVAL for TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMPTZ types
+ERROR:  Can only use drop_chunks with an INTERVAL for TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMPTZ, and DATE types
 SELECT drop_chunks(now()-interval '1 minute', 'drop_chunk_test_ts');
 ERROR:  Cannot call drop_chunks with a timestamp with time zone on hypertables with a time type of: timestamp without time zone
 SELECT drop_chunks(now()::timestamp-interval '1 minute', 'drop_chunk_test_tstz');