diff --git a/docs/historical/configuration.rst b/docs/historical/configuration.rst
index de71ffd38..a31e4897c 100644
--- a/docs/historical/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/historical/configuration.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ addition to any that were automatically discovered), whereas the new
 ``tahoe.cfg`` directive is not (``tub.location`` is used verbatim).
 
 The stats gatherer has been broken at least since Tahoe-LAFS 1.13.0.
-The functionality of ``[client]stats_gatherer.furl`` (which was
-previously in ``BASEDIR/stats_gatherer.furl``), will not be available
-after Tahoe-LAFS v1.15.0 rc0.
+The (broken) functionality of ``[client]stats_gatherer.furl`` (which
+was previously in ``BASEDIR/stats_gatherer.furl``), is scheduled to be
+completely removed after Tahoe-LAFS v1.15.0.  After that point, if
+your configuration contains a ``[client]stats_gatherer.furl``, your
+node will refuse to start.