diff --git a/pep-0279.txt b/pep-0279.txt
index 88cecf67e..eb7f8890d 100644
--- a/pep-0279.txt
+++ b/pep-0279.txt
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ Specification for a new built-in:
         everyday programming which does not otherwise involve explicit
         use of generators.
 
-        Though withdrawn from the proposal, I still secretly covet
-        xzip() a.k.a. iterzip() but think that it will happen on its
-        own someday.
+        This proposal originally included another function iterzip().
+        That was subsequently implemented as the izip() function in
+        the itertools module.
 
 
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