diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index 2c6c9014020..3fff8484856 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -874,14 +874,11 @@ can appear before a future statement are:
 * blank lines, and
 * other future statements.
 
-The only feature that requires using the future statement is
-``annotations`` (see :pep:`563`).
-
 All historical features enabled by the future statement are still recognized
 by Python 3.  The list includes ``absolute_import``, ``division``,
 ``generators``, ``generator_stop``, ``unicode_literals``,
-``print_function``, ``nested_scopes`` and ``with_statement``.  They are
-all redundant because they are always enabled, and only kept for
+``print_function``, ``nested_scopes``, ``with_statement`` and ``annotations``.
+They are all redundant because they are always enabled, and only kept for
 backwards compatibility.
 
 A future statement is recognized and treated specially at compile time: Changes