diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.html.in b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
index aa61ee5ced..9deb135b18 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.html.in
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ mount -t cgroup none /dev/cgroup -o devices
     <h3><a id="xmlimport">Converting from QEMU args to domain XML</a></h3>
 
     <p>
-      <b>Note:</b> this operation is <span class="deprecated"> deprecated as of
+      <b>Note:</b> this operation is <span class="removed"> deleted as of
         5.5.0</span> and will return an error.
     </p>
     <p>
diff --git a/docs/libvirt.css b/docs/libvirt.css
index 960c3f07fe..e927a084a7 100644
--- a/docs/libvirt.css
+++ b/docs/libvirt.css
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ span.since {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-span.deprecated {
+span.removed {
     color: darkred;
     font-style: italic;
     font-weight: bold;