diff --git a/src/field/types.rs b/src/field/types.rs
index 235c488..0b28e26 100755
--- a/src/field/types.rs
+++ b/src/field/types.rs
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@ impl From<time::Date> for Date {
     }
 }
 
+/// An error representing a conversion error from [`chrono::NaiveDate`] to [`Date`] when conversion
+/// fails if year > 9999 or year < 0.
 #[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
-/// An error representing
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct ChronoDateConversionError;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index def813e..e3da247 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ pub use crate::reading::{
 pub use crate::record::Record;
 pub use crate::writing::{FieldWriter, TableWriter, TableWriterBuilder, WritableRecord};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+pub use crate::field::types::ChronoDateConversionError;
+
 /// macro to define a struct that implements the ReadableRecord and WritableRecord
 ///
 /// # Examples