diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
index 92887885baf..61e0cdf0769 100644
--- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
@@ -1857,9 +1857,11 @@ We plan for the resolver changeover to proceed as follows, using
environments, pip defaults to the old resolver, and the new one is
available using the flag ``--use-feature=2020-resolver``.
-* pip 21.0: pip uses new resolver, and the old resolver is no longer
- available. Python 2 support is removed per our :ref:`Python 2
- Support` policy.
+* pip 21.0: pip uses new resolver by default, and the old resolver is
+ no longer supported. It will be removed after a currently undecided
+ amount of time, as the removal is dependent on pip's volunteer
+ maintainers' availability. Python 2 support is removed per our
+ :ref:`Python 2 Support` policy.
Since this work will not change user-visible behavior described in the
pip documentation, this change is not covered by the :ref:`Deprecation