diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt
index a3673609147a6..33b7e128ef8bf 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt
@@ -425,3 +425,4 @@ Categorical
 Other
 ^^^^^
 - Bug in :func:`eval` where the ``inplace`` parameter was being incorrectly handled (:issue:`16732`)
+- Several ``NaT`` method docstrings (e.g. :func:`NaT.ctime`) were incorrect (:issue:`17327`)
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx
index b5aca2e3ec309..5dd30072fb7aa 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # cython: profile=False
 
 import warnings
@@ -3922,7 +3923,7 @@ for _method_name in _nat_methods:
         def f(*args, **kwargs):
             return NaT
         f.__name__ = func_name
-        f.__doc__ = _get_docstring(_method_name)
+        f.__doc__ = _get_docstring(func_name)
         return f
 
     setattr(NaTType, _method_name, _make_nat_func(_method_name))
@@ -3934,7 +3935,7 @@ for _method_name in _nan_methods:
         def f(*args, **kwargs):
             return np.nan
         f.__name__ = func_name
-        f.__doc__ = _get_docstring(_method_name)
+        f.__doc__ = _get_docstring(func_name)
         return f
 
     setattr(NaTType, _method_name, _make_nan_func(_method_name))
@@ -3952,7 +3953,7 @@ for _maybe_method_name in dir(NaTType):
             def f(*args, **kwargs):
                 raise ValueError("NaTType does not support " + func_name)
             f.__name__ = func_name
-            f.__doc__ = _get_docstring(_method_name)
+            f.__doc__ = _get_docstring(func_name)
             return f
 
         setattr(NaTType, _maybe_method_name,
diff --git a/pandas/tests/scalar/test_nat.py b/pandas/tests/scalar/test_nat.py
index 5f247cae1099b..6f852f2b394e1 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/scalar/test_nat.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/scalar/test_nat.py
@@ -247,3 +247,8 @@ def test_nat_arithmetic_index():
         tm.assert_index_equal(right + left, exp)
         tm.assert_index_equal(left - right, exp)
         tm.assert_index_equal(right - left, exp)
+
+
+def test_nat_pinned_docstrings():
+    # GH17327
+    assert NaT.ctime.__doc__ == datetime.ctime.__doc__