diff --git a/django/utils/deprecation.py b/django/utils/deprecation.py
index 376eb33fae..b10fb58c65 100644
--- a/django/utils/deprecation.py
+++ b/django/utils/deprecation.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def django_file_prefixes():
     return (os.path.dirname(file),)
 
 
-class RemovedInDjango61Warning(DeprecationWarning):
+class RemovedInNextVersionWarning(DeprecationWarning):
     pass
 
 
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class RemovedInDjango70Warning(PendingDeprecationWarning):
     pass
 
 
-RemovedInNextVersionWarning = RemovedInDjango61Warning
 RemovedAfterNextVersionWarning = RemovedInDjango70Warning
 
 
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index 99887005c3..f2a6e9b545 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ details on these changes.
 * The ``django.core.mail.forbid_multi_line_headers()`` and
   ``django.core.mail.message.sanitize_address()`` functions will be removed.
 
+See the :ref:`Django 6.1 release notes <deprecated-features-6.1>` for more
+details on these changes.
+
+* ...
+
 .. _deprecation-removed-in-6.1:
 
 6.1
diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
index 679f5269ca..ccfc3279ff 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.py
+++ b/tests/runtests.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ else:
     from django.test.runner import get_max_test_processes, parallel_type
     from django.test.selenium import SeleniumTestCase, SeleniumTestCaseBase
     from django.test.utils import NullTimeKeeper, TimeKeeper, get_runner
-    from django.utils.deprecation import (
-        RemovedInDjango61Warning,
-        RemovedInDjango70Warning,
-    )
+    from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango70Warning
     from django.utils.functional import classproperty
     from django.utils.log import DEFAULT_LOGGING
     from django.utils.version import PYPY
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ else:
 
 # Make deprecation warnings errors to ensure no usage of deprecated features.
 warnings.simplefilter("error", RemovedInDjango70Warning)
-warnings.simplefilter("error", RemovedInDjango61Warning)
 # Make resource and runtime warning errors to ensure no usage of error prone
 # patterns.
 warnings.simplefilter("error", ResourceWarning)