diff --git a/pep-0431.txt b/pep-0431.txt
index 467819cf8..87634a5b3 100644
--- a/pep-0431.txt
+++ b/pep-0431.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Version: $Revision$
 Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: Lennart Regebro <regebro@gmail.com>
 BDFL-Delegate: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
-Status: Postponed
+Status: Deferred
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 11-Dec-2012