diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/density.py b/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/density.py
index 20274d906c4..c0a038ae410 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/density.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/density.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
    :members:
    :inherited-members:
 
-.. versionchanged:: 0.15.0
+.. deprecated:: 0.15.0
     The "permissive" flag is not used anymore (and effectively
     defaults to True); it will be completely removed in 0.16.0.
 
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/core.py b/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/core.py
index b0e574615bc..166cc58c621 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/core.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/core.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def reader(filename, **kwargs):
        :class:`~CRD.CRDReader`, and
        :class:`~PDB.PDBReader`, :class:`~GRO.GROReader`,
 
-    .. versionchanged:: 0.15.0
+    .. deprecated:: 0.15.0
     The "permissive" flag is not used anymore (and effectively
     defaults to True); it will be completely removed in 0.16.0.
     """
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/core/AtomGroup.py b/package/MDAnalysis/core/AtomGroup.py
index 95adaac5610..08721bd5eb8 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/core/AtomGroup.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/core/AtomGroup.py
@@ -4230,7 +4230,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         .. versionchanged:: 0.11.0
            Added the *is_anchor* and *anchor_name* keywords for finer behavior
            control when unpickling instances of :class:`MDAnalysis.core.AtomGroup.AtomGroup`.
-        .. versionchanged:: 0.15.0
+        .. deprecated:: 0.15.0
           The "permissive" flag is not used anymore (and effectively defaults
            to True); it will be completely removed in 0.16.0.
         """
@@ -4811,7 +4811,7 @@ def load_new(self, filename, **kwargs):
            its specialized file format reader, which typically has more features than the
            :class:`~MDAnalysis.coordinates.base.ChainReader`.
 
-        .. versionchanged:: 0.15.0
+        .. deprecated:: 0.15.0
            The "permissive" flag is not used anymore (and effectively
            defaults to True); it will be completely removed in 0.16.0.
         """
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/core/__init__.py b/package/MDAnalysis/core/__init__.py
index 5fd6f2d778b..c053ccdb10c 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/core/__init__.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/core/__init__.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def __doc__(self):
             'Bio.PDB': False, 'biopython': False, False: False,
         },
         """
-          This flag is not used anymore and will be removed in 0.16.0.
+          This flag is deprecated and will be removed in 0.16.0.
         """
     ),
     _Flag(