diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@
 
 vers_content_new=$(cat << EOF
 $COPYRIGHT
+/*
+ * The SCCS stuff is used to marker that by convention identifies the kernel.
+ * While the convention originated with SCCS, the current use is more generic
+ * and is used by different organizations to identify the kernel, the crash
+ * dump, etc. Better methods exist, so this method is deprecated and will be
+ * removed before FreeBSD 15. Orgs that use it are encouraged to migrate before
+ * then.
+ */
 #define SCCSSTR "@(#)${VERINFO}"
 #define VERSTR "${VERSTR}"
 #define RELSTR "${RELEASE}"