diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index a7ec965e3d6..263ab2eff3b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ sc.el, x-menu.el, rnews.el, rnewspost.el
 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1
 
 ** byte-compile-disable-print-circle is obsolete.
+** deferred-action-list and deferred-action-function are obsolete.
 ** Removed the stack-trace-on-error variable.
 Also the debugger can now "continue" from an error, which means it will jump
 to the error handler as if the debugger had not been invoked instead of
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f9c412d195a..5c119c37323 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-21  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* subr.el (deferred-action-list, deferred-action-function):
+	Mark obsolete.
+
 2011-03-21  Leo Liu  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
 
 	* vc/log-view.el: Remove (require 'wid-edit), not needed after the
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 6f39a41709e..8ea4becdc11 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -1101,6 +1101,8 @@ is converted into a string by expressing it in decimal."
 
 (make-obsolete-variable 'define-key-rebound-commands nil "23.2")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'redisplay-end-trigger-functions 'jit-lock-register "23.1")
+(make-obsolete-variable 'deferred-action-list 'post-command-hook "24.1")
+(make-obsolete-variable 'deferred-action-function 'post-command-hook "24.1")
 (make-obsolete 'window-redisplay-end-trigger nil "23.1")
 (make-obsolete 'set-window-redisplay-end-trigger nil "23.1")