diff --git a/core/frontend/helpers/author.js b/core/frontend/helpers/author.js
index 824297bf2f..76fbd75fbb 100644
--- a/core/frontend/helpers/author.js
+++ b/core/frontend/helpers/author.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const buildInHelpers = hbs.handlebars.helpers;
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
 /**
- * @deprecated: will be removed in Ghost 3.0
+ * @deprecated: single authors was superceded by multiple authors in Ghost 1.22.0
  */
 module.exports = function author(options) {
     if (options.fn) {
diff --git a/core/frontend/helpers/prev_post.js b/core/frontend/helpers/prev_post.js
index 16cdf29935..6e159cec00 100644
--- a/core/frontend/helpers/prev_post.js
+++ b/core/frontend/helpers/prev_post.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const buildApiOptions = function buildApiOptions(options, post) {
 
     const apiOptions = {
         /**
-         * @deprecated: `author`, will be removed in Ghost 3.0
+         * @deprecated: single authors was superceded by multiple authors in Ghost 1.22.0
          */
         include: 'author,authors,tags',
         order: 'published_at ' + order,
diff --git a/core/server/data/schema/schema.js b/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
index a419392dbd..026961c7f7 100644
--- a/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
+++ b/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
             validations: {isIn: [['none', 'all', 'free', 'paid']]}
         },
         /**
-         * @deprecated: `author_id`, might be removed in Ghost 3.0
+         * @deprecated: single authors was superceded by multiple authors in Ghost 1.22.0
          * If we keep it, then only, because you can easier query post.author_id than posts_authors[*].sort_order.
          */
         author_id: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: false},
diff --git a/core/server/models/relations/authors.js b/core/server/models/relations/authors.js
index b4fdd7f4e9..bcacf618ee 100644
--- a/core/server/models/relations/authors.js
+++ b/core/server/models/relations/authors.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module.exports.extendModel = function extendModel(Post, Posts, ghostBookshelf) {
             const ops = [];
 
             /**
-             * @deprecated: `author`, is unused in Ghost 3.0, should be removed before Ghost 4.0
+             * @deprecated: single authors was superceded by multiple authors in Ghost 1.22.0 - `author`, is unused in Ghost 3.0
              */
             model.unset('author');
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module.exports.extendModel = function extendModel(Post, Posts, ghostBookshelf) {
 
             /**
              * CASE: `author` was requested, `posts.authors` must exist
-             * @deprecated: `author`, will be removed in Ghost 3.0
+             * @deprecated: single authors was superceded by multiple authors in Ghost 1.22.0
              */
             if (this._originalOptions.withRelated && this._originalOptions.withRelated && this._originalOptions.withRelated.indexOf('author') !== -1) {
                 if (!authors.models.length) {