diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 4b9620015..9638d3196 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ Q: What Linux kernel versions does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     RHEL and CentOS 7 3.10 based kernels since they have diverged from the
     Linux kernel.org 3.10 kernels.
 
+    Starting with Open vSwitch 2.15, building the Linux kernel module from
+    the Open vSwitch source tree is deprecated.  It will not be updated to
+    support Linux versions later than 5.8.  We will remove the kernel module
+    source code from the Open vSwitch source tree for the Open vSwitch 2.18
+    release.
+
 Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
 
     A: Open vSwitch supports different datapaths on different platforms.  Each
@@ -100,8 +106,9 @@ Q: Are all features available with all datapaths?
       feature.
 
     Linux OVS tree
-      The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with the
-      OVS source tree.
+      The datapath implemented by the Linux kernel module distributed with
+      the OVS source tree. This datapath is deprecated starting with OVS
+      2.15.x and support capped at Linux kernel version 5.8.
 
     Userspace
       This datapath supports conventional system devices as well as
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 204d3e1d8..1591087c4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ Post-v2.14.0
        tearing down IPsec tunnels.
      * Add option '--no-restart-ike-daemon' to allow ovs-monitor-ipsec to start
        without restarting ipsec daemon.
+   - Building the Linux kernel module from the OVS source tree is deprecated
+     * Support for the Linux kernel is capped at version 5.8
+     * Only bug fixes for the Linux OOT kernel module will be accepted.
+     * The Linux kernel module will be fully removed from the OVS source tree
+       in OVS branch 2.18
 
 
 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020