diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/5.2.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/5.2.0.rst
index 88e34f666..3a86a1d11 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/5.2.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/5.2.0.rst
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ API Changes
 Deprecations
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-These version constants have been deprecated and will be removed in the next
-major release:
+These version constants have been deprecated. ``VERSION`` will be removed in
+Pillow 6.0.0, and ``PILLOW_VERSION`` will be removed in a future release.
 
 * ``PIL.VERSION`` (old PIL version 1.1.7)
 * ``PIL.PILLOW_VERSION``
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 0b9c52899..87cfc5a02 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 # See the README file for information on usage and redistribution.
 #
 
-# PILLOW_VERSION and VERSION are deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 6.0.0. Use __version__ instead.
+# VERSION is deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 6.0.0.
+# PILLOW_VERSION is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
+# Use __version__ instead.
 from . import VERSION, PILLOW_VERSION, __version__, _plugins
 from ._util import py3
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/__init__.py b/src/PIL/__init__.py
index 7b8f0595f..5806a2174 100644
--- a/src/PIL/__init__.py
+++ b/src/PIL/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 
 from . import _version
 
-# PILLOW_VERSION and VERSION are deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 6.0.0. Use __version__ instead.
+# VERSION is deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 6.0.0.
+# PILLOW_VERSION is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
+# Use __version__ instead.
 VERSION = '1.1.7'  # PIL Version
 PILLOW_VERSION = __version__ = _version.__version__