diff --git a/python-shapely.spec b/python-shapely.spec
index 87ce170..13a00e7 100644
--- a/python-shapely.spec
+++ b/python-shapely.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           python-shapely
 Version:        1.7.1
-Release:        10%{?dist}
+Release:        11%{?dist}
 Summary:        Manipulation and analysis of geometric objects in the Cartesian plane
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest)
 # Tests and documentation
 BuildRequires:  python3dist(matplotlib)
 # While python3dist(descartes) is also needed for a complete documentation
-# build, it no longer has an upstream and is, as of 2021-06-06, FTBFS due to
-# failing tests (RHBZ#1907389). See
+# build, it no longer has an upstream; its tests started failing in Fedora
+# (RHBZ#1907389); and it was retired after F34. See
 # https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely/issues/1145. We simply do without it;
 # the documentation is still useful.
 
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ find %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/shapely \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 07 2021 Benjamin A. Beasley <code@musicinmybrain.net> - 1.7.1-11
+- Update spec file comment regarding now-retired python3dist(descartes)
+
 * Sun Jun 06 2021 Benjamin A. Beasley <code@musicinmybrain.net> - 1.7.1-10
 - Drop descartes BR altogether, as that package seems unlikely to be fixed
   (RHBZ#1907389); we will just build the documentation without it