diff --git a/docs/topics/3.6-announcement.md b/docs/topics/3.6-announcement.md
index 152fa945a..9ce9340af 100644
--- a/docs/topics/3.6-announcement.md
+++ b/docs/topics/3.6-announcement.md
@@ -147,16 +147,14 @@ For more information see the [Python client library documentation][py-docs].
 
 ### DjangoFilterBackend
 
-The functionality of the built-in `DjangoFilterBackend` is now completely
-included by the `django-filter` package.
+The 3.5 "pending deprecation" warning of the built-in `DjangoFilterBackend` has now
+been escalated to a "deprecated" warning.
 
 You should change your imports and REST framework filter settings as follows:
 
 * `rest_framework.filters.DjangoFilterBackend` becomes `django_filters.rest_framework.DjangoFilterBackend`.
 * `rest_framework.filters.FilterSet` becomes `django_filters.rest_framework.FilterSet`.
 
-The existing imports will continue to work but are now pending deprecation.
-
 ---
 
 ## What's next
diff --git a/tests/test_filters.py b/tests/test_filters.py
index 7db5da63f..9b5011175 100644
--- a/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class IntegrationTestFiltering(CommonFilteringTestCase):
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
         assert response.data == self.data
 
-        self.assertTrue(issubclass(w[-1].category, PendingDeprecationWarning))
+        self.assertTrue(issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning))
         self.assertIn("'rest_framework.filters.DjangoFilterBackend' is pending deprecation.", str(w[-1].message))
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(django_filters, 'django-filter not installed')