diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index ed041782..564f85f6 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Changes in DBD-Oracle XXX
  - convert a symbolically linked ORACLE_HOME to an absolute path 
     (patch by H.Merijn Brand, applied by Martin J. Evans) [rt70785]
 
+ [DOCUMENTATION]
+ - announce that Oraperl will be removed from the dist by v1.38.
+
 Changes in DBD-Oracle 1.30
   [DOCUMENTATION]
  - add warning about RT#69350 in documentation
diff --git a/Oraperl.pm b/Oraperl.pm
index 81a5fb13..e3796002 100644
--- a/Oraperl.pm
+++ b/Oraperl.pm
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-Oraperl - deprecated (Repreived for now, but Will be removed in a future release) Perl access to Oracle databases for old oraperl scripts
+Oraperl - [DEPRECATED] Perl access to Oracle databases for old oraperl scripts
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ text instead:
 
   eval 'use Oraperl; 1;' || die $@ if $] >= 5;
 
+
+The use of I<Oraperl> is deprecated in favor of L<DBD::Oracle>,
+and will be removed from the I<DBD::Oracle> distribution as of 
+1.38.
+
 =head2 Principal Functions
 
 The main functions for database access are &ora_login(), &ora_open(),