diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index def1e0c6..73264657 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -719,8 +719,7 @@ class WorkerClass(Setting):
         A string referring to one of the following bundled classes:
 
         * ``sync``
-        * ``eventlet`` - Requires eventlet >= 0.40.3 (or install it via
-          ``pip install gunicorn[eventlet]``)
+        * ``eventlet`` - **DEPRECATED: will be removed in 26.0**. Requires eventlet >= 0.40.3
         * ``gevent``   - Requires gevent >= 24.10.1 (or install it via
           ``pip install gunicorn[gevent]``)
         * ``tornado``  - Requires tornado >= 6.5.0 (or install it via