diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index 2876bb883b..45180a107e 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ details on these changes.
 * ``django.db.backends.DatabaseValidation.validate_field`` will be removed in
   favor of the ``check_field`` method.
 
+* The ``check`` management command will be removed.
+
 * ``django.utils.module_loading.import_by_path`` will be removed in favor of
   ``django.utils.module_loading.import_string``.
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
index 1ff4022c7d..cc1160adcc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ removed in Django 1.9 (please see the :ref:`deprecation timeline
 * ``django.db.backends.DatabaseValidation.validate_field`` is removed in
   favor of the ``check_field`` method.
 
+* The ``check`` management command is removed.
+
 * ``django.utils.module_loading.import_by_path`` is removed in favor of
   ``django.utils.module_loading.import_string``.