diff --git a/gax-java/README.md b/gax-java/README.md
index 230cbbe9d6..4a524e435b 100644
--- a/gax-java/README.md
+++ b/gax-java/README.md
@@ -118,11 +118,9 @@ or `@InternalExtensionOnly` won't break between minor releases. Anything marked
 - `gax-grpc` is stable (>= 1.0.0), so anything not marked `@BetaApi`, `@InternalApi`,
 or `@InternalExtensionOnly` won't break between minor releases. Anything marked
 `@InternalExtensionOnly` can only break extensions between minor releases.
-- `gax-httpjson` is beta (0.x.y), so anything may change at any time and the public
-API should not be considered stable. There is no difference whether a class is
-marked `@BetaApi` or not; that annotation is only present as a reminder. There is
-also no difference whether a class is marked `@InternalExtensionOnly` or not; that
-only implies that the annotation will still be present in 1.0.0.
+- `gax-httpjson` is stable (>= 1.0.0), so anything not marked `@BetaApi`, `@InternalApi`,
+or `@InternalExtensionOnly` won't break between minor releases. Anything marked
+`@InternalExtensionOnly` can only break extensions between minor releases.
 
 ### Feature notes