diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1d093142b7..28d732bcf1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
   *) Removed the heartbeat message in DTLS feature, as it has very
      little usage and doesn't seem to fulfill a valuable purpose.
+     The configuration option is now deprecated.
      [Richard Levitte]
 
   *) Changed the output of 'openssl {digestname} < file' to display the
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 258f99184d..df66abb738 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ my %deprecated_disablables = (
     "ripemd" => "rmd160",
     "ui" => "ui-console",
     "dso" => undef,
+    "heartbeats" => undef,
     );
 
 # All of the following are disabled by default: