From 24facbc002213327a97e8db3d86f4af8e255edc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 14:37:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document that JUnit 4 is officially in maintenance mode (as
 of today)

---
 .../testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc        | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc
index 4887172d7e7..71f9da8acdc 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ Kotlin::
 
 [WARNING]
 ====
-JUnit 4 support is deprecated since Spring Framework 7.0 in favor of the
+JUnit 4 is officially in maintenance mode, and JUnit 4 support in Spring is deprecated
+since Spring Framework 7.0 in favor of the
 xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-extension[`SpringExtension`]
 and JUnit Jupiter.
 ====
@@ -547,7 +548,8 @@ be configured through `@ContextConfiguration`.
 
 [WARNING]
 ====
-JUnit 4 support is deprecated since Spring Framework 7.0 in favor of the
+JUnit 4 is officially in maintenance mode, and JUnit 4 support in Spring is deprecated
+since Spring Framework 7.0 in favor of the
 xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-extension[`SpringExtension`]
 and JUnit Jupiter.
 ====
@@ -623,9 +625,10 @@ Kotlin::
 
 [WARNING]
 ====
-JUnit 4 support is deprecated since Spring Framework 7.0 in favor of the
+JUnit 4 is officially in maintenance mode, and JUnit 4 support in Spring is deprecated
+since Spring Framework 7.0 in favor of the
 xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-extension[`SpringExtension`]
-for JUnit Jupiter.
+and JUnit Jupiter.
 ====
 
 The `org.springframework.test.context.junit4` package provides the following support