diff --git a/docs/deprecations.rst b/docs/deprecations.rst
index bc4e83161..306fde5ad 100644
--- a/docs/deprecations.rst
+++ b/docs/deprecations.rst
@@ -61,13 +61,12 @@ a ``DeprecationWarning``:
     Setting the size of a TIFF image directly is deprecated, and will
     be removed in a future version. Use the resize method instead.
 
-PILLOW_VERSION and VERSION constants
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+PILLOW_VERSION constant
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. deprecated:: 5.2.0
 
-Two version constants – ``VERSION`` (the old PIL version, always 1.1.7) and
-``PILLOW_VERSION`` – have been deprecated and will be removed in the next
+``PILLOW_VERSION`` has been deprecated and will be removed in the next
 major release. Use ``__version__`` instead.
 
 Removed features
@@ -76,6 +75,14 @@ Removed features
 Deprecated features are only removed in major releases after an appropriate
 period of deprecation has passed.
 
+VERSION constant
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*Removed in version 6.0.0.*
+
+``VERSION`` (the old PIL version, always 1.1.7) has been removed. Use
+``__version__`` instead.
+
 Undocumented ImageOps functions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/6.0.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/6.0.0.rst
index 9fbb3d69a..d936b63e3 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/6.0.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/6.0.0.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Several undocumented functions in ``ImageOps`` were deprecated in Pillow 4.3.0 (
 and have now been removed: ``gaussian_blur``, ``gblur``, ``unsharp_mask``, ``usm`` and
 ``box_blur``. Use the equivalent operations in ``ImageFilter`` instead.
 
+Removed deprecated VERSION
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``VERSION`` (the old PIL version, always 1.1.7) has been removed. Use ``__version__``
+instead.
+
 API Changes
 ===========