diff --git a/Lib/__future__.py b/Lib/__future__.py
index ce8bed7a643..e1135685d84 100644
--- a/Lib/__future__.py
+++ b/Lib/__future__.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ unicode_literals = _Feature((2, 6, 0, "alpha", 2),
                             CO_FUTURE_UNICODE_LITERALS)
 
 barry_as_FLUFL = _Feature((3, 1, 0, "alpha", 2),
-                          (3, 9, 0, "alpha", 0),
+                          (4, 0, 0, "alpha", 0),
                           CO_FUTURE_BARRY_AS_BDFL)
 
 generator_stop = _Feature((3, 5, 0, "beta", 1),
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-18-21-12-25.bpo-35526.fYvo6H.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-18-21-12-25.bpo-35526.fYvo6H.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea1096393d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-18-21-12-25.bpo-35526.fYvo6H.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Delaying the 'joke' of barry_as_FLUFL.mandatory to Python version 4.0
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