diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/gdb/gdb.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/gdb/gdb.1
index ee84659ac578..635e5c311882 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/gdb/gdb.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/gdb/gdb.1
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ gdb \- The GNU Debugger
 .IR core \||\| procID\c
 \&\|]\&\|]
 .ad b
+.SH DEPRECATION NOTICE
+This version of gdb is deprecated and will be removed from future versions
+of the FreeBSD base system.
+A newer version of gdb is available from ports or packages
+(devel/gdb).
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The purpose of a debugger such as GDB is to allow you to see what is
 going on ``inside'' another program while it executes\(em\&or what another
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb/kgdb.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb/kgdb.1
index 58d0786dbed7..8ebfbf55ce9f 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb/kgdb.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb/kgdb.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 11, 2006
+.Dd July 5, 2017
 .Dt KGDB 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
 .Op Fl d Ar crashdir
 .Op Fl c Ar core | Fl n Ar dumpnr | Fl r Ar device
 .Op Ar kernel Op Ar core
+.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE
+This version of
+.Nm
+is deprecated and will be removed from future versions of the
+.Fx
+base system.
+A newer version of
+.Nm
+is available from ports or packages
+(devel/gdb).
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm