diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f4d30204e..2d719a8f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Newly Deprecated Features in Taskwarrior 2.5.0
   - The '_ids', '_projects', '_tags', '_uuids' helper commands are deprecated,
     and replaced by the new '_unique' helper command.
   - Comma-separated ID lists are deprecated.
+  - The 'new-uuid' verbosity token is deprecated. Its functionality will
+    be merged with the 'new-id' verbosity token.
 
 Removed Features in 2.5.0
 
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 8c96dff11..6367edb55 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ control specific occasions when output is generated. This list may contain:
     footnote   Messages that appear after report output
     label      Column labels on tabular reports
     new-id     Provides feedback of any new task IDs
-    new-uuid   Provides feedback of any new task UUIDs
+    new-uuid   Provides feedback of any new task UUIDs. Deprecated, to be
+               merged with new-id.
     affected   Reports 'N tasks affected' and similar
     edit       Used the verbose template for the 'edit' command
     special    Feedback when applying special tags