diff --git a/peps/pep-0396.rst b/peps/pep-0396.rst
index 99e1e845733..dd2c7bc31a4 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0396.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0396.rst
@@ -40,14 +40,17 @@ has changed significantly in the intervening years since this PEP was
 first written, and APIs such as ``importlib.metadata.version()`` [11]_
 provide for a much better experience.
 
-This rejection was subsequently reclassified as a withdrawal,
+This rejection was reclassified as a withdrawal on 2024-10-21,
 as the previous state was being misinterpreted [12]_ as suggesting
 that *no* modules should be defining ``__version__`` attributes,
 which definitely isn't the case.
 
-Modules may still define ``__version__`` if they choose to,
-but choosing *not* to do so won't interfere with looking up
-the version information for installed distribution packages.
+Modules are still free to define ``__version__`` if they choose to.
+However, choosing *not* to do so won't interfere with looking up
+the version information for installed distribution packages, so an
+Informational PEP isn't the right tool to document community
+conventions around the use of module ``__version__`` attributes
+(they're better covered as part of the Python Packaging User Guide).
 
 
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