diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index 338be751fd2..2327f42aff5 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5): error(requires >= Qt 5 (You used: $$QT_VERSION))
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5): error(Qt 6 is not supported via qmake - please use CMake instead)
 
-message("Building the GUI via qmake is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use CMake instead.")
+message("Building the GUI via qmake is deprecated and will be removed in Cppcheck 2.16. Please use CMake instead.")
 
 TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = cppcheck-gui
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a653810a04c..12f6e5df536 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo
 
 ### qmake
 
-NOTE: This has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use CMake instead.
+NOTE: This has been deprecated and will be removed in Cppcheck 2.16. Please use CMake instead.
 
 You can use the gui/gui.pro file to build the GUI.
 
diff --git a/releasenotes.txt b/releasenotes.txt
index 352afff73c3..a6de75ba4a8 100644
--- a/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/releasenotes.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Release Notes for Cppcheck 2.15
 
 New checks:
 - suspiciousFloatingPointCast flags unnecessary floating point casts that cause loss of precision
+-
 
 Improved checking:
 -
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ Changed interface:
 
 Deprecations:
 - Support for Python 2.7 has been deprecated (it went EOL in January 2020) and will be removed in Cppcheck 2.16 - please use Python 3.x instead.
+- The already deprecated support for qmake will be removed in Cppcheck 2.16 - please use CMake instead.
 -
 
 Other:
@@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ Other:
 - Added command-line option `--cpp-header-probe` (and `--no-cpp-header-probe`) to probe headers and extension-less files for Emacs marker (see https://trac.cppcheck.net/ticket/10692 for more details)
 - Add "remark comments" that can be used to generate reports with justifications for warnings
 - The whole program analysis is now being executed when "--project" is being used.
+-
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