diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 8e6f399..9d33c60 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -624,7 +624,9 @@
 .. data:: py3kwarning
 
    Bool containing the status of the Python 3.0 warning flag. It's ``True``
-   when Python is started with the -3 option.
+   when Python is started with the -3 option.  (This should be considered
+   read-only; setting it to a different value doesn't have an effect on
+   Python 3.0 warnings.)
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.6