diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Init/Interactive/Command.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Init/Interactive/Command.hs
index ca63d80ad37..8bef0f115de 100644
--- a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Init/Interactive/Command.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Init/Interactive/Command.hs
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ cabalVersionPrompt flags = getCabalVersion flags $ do
 
     displayCabalVersion :: CabalSpecVersion -> String
     displayCabalVersion v = case v of
-      CabalSpecV1_24 -> "1.24  (legacy)"
-      CabalSpecV2_0  -> "2.0   (+ support for Backpack, internal sub-libs, '^>=' operator)"
+      CabalSpecV2_0  -> "2.0   (support for Backpack, internal sub-libs, '^>=' operator)"
       CabalSpecV2_2  -> "2.2   (+ support for 'common', 'elif', redundant commas, SPDX)"
       CabalSpecV2_4  -> "2.4   (+ support for '**' globbing)"
       CabalSpecV3_0  -> "3.0   (+ set notation for ==, common stanzas in ifs, more redundant commas, better pkgconfig-depends)"
diff --git a/changelog.d/issue-8680 b/changelog.d/issue-8680
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0b516af124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/issue-8680
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+synopsis: cabal init should not suggest Cabal < 2.0
+packages: Cabal
+issues: #8680
+
+description: {
+
+'cabal init' no longer suggests users to set cabal-version to less than 2.0
+
+}