Merge pull request #191352 from maifel-maifel/mr-networking-deprecation-note

nixos/networking: add a suggestion to use networkd options

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
index 6a5d7c6b0410..3f6fa3c86402 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/wireguard.nix
@@ -465,7 +465,13 @@ in
     networking.wireguard = {
 
       enable = mkOption {
-        description = lib.mdDoc "Whether to enable WireGuard.";
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Whether to enable WireGuard.
+
+          Please note that {option}`systemd.network.netdevs` has more features
+          and is better maintained. When building new things, it is advised to
+          use that instead.
+        '';
         type = types.bool;
         # 2019-05-25: Backwards compatibility.
         default = cfg.interfaces != {};
@@ -474,7 +480,13 @@ in
       };
 
       interfaces = mkOption {
-        description = lib.mdDoc "WireGuard interfaces.";
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          WireGuard interfaces.
+
+          Please note that {option}`systemd.network.netdevs` has more features
+          and is better maintained. When building new things, it is advised to
+          use that instead.
+        '';
         default = {};
         example = {
           wg0 = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
index e2a17c246bd9..6f01917bcc59 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -604,6 +604,10 @@ in
         The configuration for each network interface.  If
         {option}`networking.useDHCP` is true, then every
         interface not listed here will be configured using DHCP.
+
+        Please note that {option}`systemd.network.netdevs` has more features
+        and is better maintained. When building new things, it is advised to
+        use that instead.
       '';
       type = with types; attrsOf (submodule interfaceOpts);
     };