diff --git a/pep-0526.txt b/pep-0526.txt
index 038c23414..dd7ed0ddb 100644
--- a/pep-0526.txt
+++ b/pep-0526.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Title: Syntax for Variable Annotations
 Version: $Revision$
 Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19@gmail.com>, Philip House <phouse512@gmail.com>, Ivan Levkivskyi <levkivskyi@gmail.com>, Lisa Roach <lisaroach14@gmail.com>, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
-Status: Draft
+Status: Accepted
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 09-Aug-2016
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ Python-Version: 3.6
 Post-History: 30-Aug-2016, 02-Sep-2016
 
 
+Status
+======
+
+This PEP has been provisionally accepted by the BDFL.
+See the acceptance message for more color:
+https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-September/146282.html
+
+
 Notice for Reviewers
 ====================