diff --git a/Doc/c-api/object.rst b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
index 17e37077994968..41a3affcf9842a 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/object.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ Object Protocol
    return ``0`` on success.  This is the equivalent of the Python statement
    ``o.attr_name = v``.
 
-   If *v* is ``NULL``, the attribute is deleted, however this feature is
-   deprecated in favour of using :c:func:`PyObject_DelAttr`.
+   If *v* is ``NULL``, the attribute is deleted. This behaviour is deprecated
+   in favour of using :c:func:`PyObject_DelAttr`, but there are currently no
+   plans to remove it.
 
 
 .. c:function:: int PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name, PyObject *v)