Index: head/UPDATING
===================================================================
--- head/UPDATING
+++ head/UPDATING
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20181115:
+	The set of CTM commands (ctm, ctm_smail, ctm_rmail, ctm_dequeue)
+	has been converted to a port (misc/ctm) and will be removed from
+	FreeBSD-13.  It is available as a package (ctm) for all supported
+	FreeBSD versions.
+
 20181110:
 	The default newsyslog.conf(5) file has been changed to only include
 	files in /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ and /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ if
Index: head/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.1
===================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.1
+++ head/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 14, 2016
+.Dd November 15, 2018
 .Dt CTM 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@
 .Nm
 command appeared in
 .Fx 2.1 .
+.Pp
+The latest
+.Nm
+code has been made available as a port (misc/ctm) in preparation of removal
+from base in
+.Fx 13.0 .
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An -nosplit
 The CTM system has been designed and implemented by
Index: head/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c
===================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c
+++ head/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@
 	warnx("%d errors during option processing",stat);
 	return Exit_Pilot;
     }
+    fprintf(stderr, "CTM will be removed from FreeBSD-13, and will be "
+	"provided as a port (misc/ctm) or package (ctm).\n\n");
+
     stat = Exit_Done;
     argc -= optind;
     argv += optind;