diff --git a/PIL/Image.py b/PIL/Image.py
index c6ab76b6d..2ef226993 100644
--- a/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/PIL/Image.py
@@ -1710,7 +1710,8 @@ class Image:
            of :py:attr:`PIL.Image.NEAREST`, :py:attr:`PIL.Image.BILINEAR`,
            :py:attr:`PIL.Image.BICUBIC`, or :py:attr:`PIL.Image.ANTIALIAS`
            (best quality).  If omitted, it defaults to
-           :py:attr:`PIL.Image.ANTIALIAS`.
+           :py:attr:`PIL.Image.ANTIALIAS`. (was :py:attr:`PIL.Image.NEAREST`
+           prior to version 2.5.0)
         :returns: None
         """