diff --git a/changes/1800.removal.rst b/changes/1800.removal.rst
index 342b7822c..f1a3a45cf 100644
--- a/changes/1800.removal.rst
+++ b/changes/1800.removal.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-remove ``copy_arrays`` (replaced by ``memmap``)
+remove ``copy_arrays`` (replaced by ``memmap``, which defaults to ``False``)