diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 8ebf75f342..2f012ba56a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ Django.  It is a nested dictionary who's contents maps aliases to a dictionary
 containing the options for an individual database.  The following inner options
 are used:
 
+.. admonition:: Note
+
+    In versions of Django prior to 1.2 each of the following were individual
+    settings, the usage of those has been deprecated but will be supported
+    until Django 1.4.
+
+
 DATABASE_ENGINE
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~