diff --git a/src/future_feature_flags.cpp b/src/future_feature_flags.cpp
index d33fa8b63..30725f1c1 100644
--- a/src/future_feature_flags.cpp
+++ b/src/future_feature_flags.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const features_t::metadata_t features_t::metadata[features_t::flag_count] = {
     {string_replace_backslash, L"regex-easyesc", L"3.1", L"string replace -r needs fewer \\'s",
      true, false},
     {ampersand_nobg_in_token, L"ampersand-nobg-in-token", L"3.4",
-     L"& only backgrounds if followed by a separator", false, false},
+     L"& only backgrounds if followed by a separator", true, false},
 };
 
 const struct features_t::metadata_t *features_t::metadata_for(const wchar_t *name) {
diff --git a/tests/checks/status.fish b/tests/checks/status.fish
index c4659278e..607385770 100644
--- a/tests/checks/status.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/status.fish
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ status features
 #CHECK: stderr-nocaret          on  3.0 ^ no longer redirects stderr
 #CHECK: qmark-noglob            off 3.0 ? no longer globs
 #CHECK: regex-easyesc           on  3.1 string replace -r needs fewer \'s
-#CHECK: ampersand-nobg-in-token off 3.4 & only backgrounds if followed by a separator
+#CHECK: ampersand-nobg-in-token on  3.4 & only backgrounds if followed by a separator
 status test-feature stderr-nocaret
 echo $status
 #CHECK: 0