2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 9284fd5d5de..9cd1a921440 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2012-11-10  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+        * term.el (term-default-fg-color, term-default-bg-color):
+        Make obsolete, rather than just saying "deprecated" in the doc.
+
         * term.el (term): Rename from `term-face'.
         (term-current-face, ansi-term-color-vector)
         (term-default-fg-color, term-default-bg-color, term-ansi-reset):
diff --git a/lisp/term.el b/lisp/term.el
index 860b5336b56..e6466b8fa95 100644
--- a/lisp/term.el
+++ b/lisp/term.el
@@ -770,16 +770,18 @@ Buffer local variable.")
    term-color-white])
 
 (defcustom term-default-fg-color nil
-  "If non-nil, default color for foreground in Term mode.
-This is deprecated in favor of customizing the `term' face."
+  "If non-nil, default color for foreground in Term mode."
   :group 'term
   :type 'string)
+(make-obsolete-variable 'term-default-fg-color "use the face `term' instead."
+                        "24.3")
 
 (defcustom term-default-bg-color nil
-  "If non-nil, default color for foreground in Term mode.
-This is deprecated in favor of customizing the `term' face."
+  "If non-nil, default color for foreground in Term mode."
   :group 'term
   :type 'string)
+(make-obsolete-variable 'term-default-bg-color "use the face `term' instead."
+                        "24.3")
 
 (defface term
   `((t