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@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ rearrangements of Notcurses.
   * The `horiz` union of `ncplane_options` has been discarded; the `int x`
     within has been promoted. This union brought no actual type safety, and was
     annoying for callers to deal with otherwise. Sorry for the inconvenience.
-  * As promised, `ncplane_new()` has been marked as deprecated. It will be
-    removed in 3.0. Use the strictly more powerful `ncplane_create()` instead,
-    with its self-documenting `struct ncplane_options` argument. So long as
-    the arguments to `ncplane_new()` do not have side-effects, calls can be
+  * As promised, `ncplane_new()` has been marked as deprecated. You should use
+    the strictly more powerful `ncplane_create()` instead, with its
+    self-documenting `struct ncplane_options` argument. So long as the
+    arguments to `ncplane_new()` do not have side-effects, calls can be
     mechanically translated to their `ncplane_create()` equivalents.
 
 * 2.0.4 (2020-11-10)