[1.7.x] Clarified a contrib.sites deprecation and added to 1.7 release notes.

Backport of ba27f895878bb155fefb8c1b9beee2c9f3d85b3f from master

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
index dc6cea46bb..6f406e6d38 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/sites.txt
@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@ a fallback when the database-backed sites framework is not available.
         Sets the ``name`` and ``domain`` attributes to the value of
         :meth:`~django.http.HttpRequest.get_host`.
 
-    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+    .. deprecated:: 1.7
 
-        This class used to be defined in ``django.contrib.sites.models``.
+        This class used to be defined in ``django.contrib.sites.models``. The
+        old import location will work until Django 1.9.
 
 A :class:`~django.contrib.sites.requests.RequestSite` object has a similar
 interface to a normal :class:`~django.contrib.sites.models.Site` object,
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ Finally, to avoid repetitive fallback code, the framework provides a
     object or a :class:`~django.contrib.sites.requests.RequestSite` object
     based on the request.
 
-    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+    .. deprecated:: 1.7
 
         This function used to be defined in ``django.contrib.sites.models``.
+        The old import location will work until Django 1.9.