diff --git a/doc/style_changes.rst b/doc/style_changes.rst
index 6a8e0e01b837..c77b49b6c97a 100644
--- a/doc/style_changes.rst
+++ b/doc/style_changes.rst
@@ -22,15 +22,11 @@ All four color maps will be included in matplotlib 1.5.
 Everything Else
 ---------------
 
-We are soliciting proposals to change any and all visual defaults
+We have collected proposals to change any and all visual defaults
 (including adding new rcParams as needed).
 
-If you have a proposal please create an issue or PR on `github <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/new>`_ with the
-changes to `rcsetup.py` and `matplotlibrc.template` by August 9, 2015.
-
-In the second week of August, Michael Droettboom and Thomas Caswell
-will decide on the new default styles, with the release of 2.0 by the
-beginning of September 2015.
+Michael Droettboom and Thomas Caswell will decide on the new default
+styles to appear in the upcoming 2.0 release.
 
 A 'classic' style sheet will be provided so reverting to the 1.x
 default values will be a single line of python