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@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@ an expression.
 
 =head3 Version Strings
 
+B<Note:> Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated.  They will
+be removed in some future release after Perl 5.8.1.  The marginal
+benefits of v-strings were greatly outweighed by the potential for
+Surprise and Confusion.
+
 A literal of the form C<v1.20.300.4000> is parsed as a string composed
 of characters with the specified ordinals.  This form, known as
 v-strings, provides an alternative, more readable way to construct