diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e5124c414..762c64413 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ver 0.24 (not yet released)
   - allow range in listplaylist and listplaylistinfo
   - "sticker find" supports sort and window parameter and new sticker compare operators "eq", "lt" and "gt"
   - consume only idle flags that were subscribed to
+  - volume command is no longer deprecated
 * database
   - attribute "added" shows when each song was added to the database
   - fix integer overflows with 64-bit inode numbers
diff --git a/doc/protocol.rst b/doc/protocol.rst
index 40fcaa915..f0b477bd1 100644
--- a/doc/protocol.rst
+++ b/doc/protocol.rst
@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ Playback options
 
 :command:`volume {CHANGE}`
     Changes volume by amount ``CHANGE``.
-    Deprecated, use :ref:`setvol <command_setvol>` instead.
 
 Controlling playback
 ====================