diff --git a/core/assets/scaffold/README.txt b/core/assets/scaffold/README.txt
index 767b508da7f1e37dbe75963f081d0d62df4859f7..88e36053c4b9bf0834fb655904687a6dc71483c2 100644
--- a/core/assets/scaffold/README.txt
+++ b/core/assets/scaffold/README.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 Drupal Scaffold Files are files that are contained inside drupal/core, but are
 installed outside of the core directory (e.g. at the Drupal root).
 
-Scaffold files were added to drupal/core in Drupal 8.8.x. During the Drupal 8
-development cycle, the scaffold files are also being maintained in their original
+For now, the scaffold files are being maintained in their original
 locations. This is done so that Drupal sites based on the template project
-drupal-composer/drupal-project may continue to download these files from the same
-URLs they have historically been found at.
+drupal-composer/drupal-project may continue to download these files from the
+same URLs they have historically been found at.
 
-The scaffold files will be deleted from their original location in Drupal 9.
+Those will be deleted from their original location in a future version.
 See https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3075954 for follow-on work.