* doc/misc/pgg.texi (Top, Overview): Add note about obsolescence.

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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 57c12d4f946..11673514b1b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2013-07-03  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+        * pgg.texi (Top, Overview): Add note about obsolescence.
+
         * bovine.texi (top):
         * cc-mode.texi (AWK Mode Font Locking):
         * mh-e.texi (Preface):
diff --git a/doc/misc/pgg.texi b/doc/misc/pgg.texi
index a18a22e649f..370998c855a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/pgg.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/pgg.texi
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ modify this GNU manual.''
 PGG is an interface library between Emacs
 and various tools for secure communication.  PGG also provides a simple
 user interface to encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify MIME messages.
+This package is obsolete; for new code we recommend EasyPG instead.
+@xref{Top,, EasyPG, epa, EasyPG Assistant User's Manual}.
 
 @ifnottex
 @insertcopying
@@ -78,6 +80,9 @@ communication.  Even though Mailcrypt has similar feature, it does not
 deal with detached PGP messages, normally used in PGP/MIME
 infrastructure.  This was the main reason why I wrote the new library.
 
+Note that the PGG library is now obsolete, replaced by EasyPG.
+@xref{Top,, EasyPG, epa, EasyPG Assistant User's Manual}.
+
 PGP/MIME is an application of MIME Object Security Services (RFC1848).
 The standard is documented in RFC2015.