diff --git a/src/user-guide/writing-workflows/scheduling.rst b/src/user-guide/writing-workflows/scheduling.rst
index f19910d95f..8fb0c87f6a 100644
--- a/src/user-guide/writing-workflows/scheduling.rst
+++ b/src/user-guide/writing-workflows/scheduling.rst
@@ -1396,8 +1396,7 @@ Tasks that depend on their own previous-cycle instance can be declared as
        [[graph]]
            T00,T12 = "foo => bar"
 
-However, this feature is deprecated in favour of explicit intercycle triggers
-which expose the associated scheduling behaviour in the graph:
+However, explicit intercycle triggers are generally preferred:
 
 .. code-block:: cylc