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-rw-r--r--doc/misc/message.texi17
-rw-r--r--lisp/obsolete/messcompat.el (renamed from lisp/gnus/messcompat.el)1
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/message.texi b/doc/misc/message.texi
index fa4fa4398b..048990d53a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/message.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/message.texi
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ Message mode buffers.
* Interface:: Setting up message buffers.
* Commands:: Commands you can execute in message mode buffers.
* Variables:: Customizing the message buffers.
-* Compatibility:: Making Message backwards compatible.
* Appendices:: More technical things.
* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
* Index:: Variable, function and concept index.
@@ -2587,22 +2586,6 @@ An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the
a form to be @code{eval}ed.
-@node Compatibility
-@chapter Compatibility
-@cindex compatibility
-
-Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-}
-variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables
-into account, you can put the following in your @file{.emacs} file:
-
-@lisp
-(require 'messcompat)
-@end lisp
-
-This will initialize many Message variables from the values in the
-corresponding mail variables.
-
-
@node Appendices
@chapter Appendices
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/messcompat.el b/lisp/obsolete/messcompat.el
index 2b658bc73d..5f50692010 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/messcompat.el
+++ b/lisp/obsolete/messcompat.el
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: mail, news
+;; Obsolete-since: 25.2
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.