diff --git a/api-ref/source/samples/versions-index-response.json b/api-ref/source/samples/versions-index-response.json
index 33c483fe..2c44512e 100644
--- a/api-ref/source/samples/versions-index-response.json
+++ b/api-ref/source/samples/versions-index-response.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "versions": [
         {
-            "status": "SUPPORTED",
+            "status": "DEPRECATED",
             "updated": "2015-08-27T11:33:21Z",
             "links": [
                 {
diff --git a/manila/api/versions.py b/manila/api/versions.py
index 3bfdb726..e4238ba6 100644
--- a/manila/api/versions.py
+++ b/manila/api/versions.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ _MEDIA_TYPES = [{
 _KNOWN_VERSIONS = {
     'v1.0': {
         'id': 'v1.0',
-        'status': 'SUPPORTED',
+        'status': 'DEPRECATED',
         'version': '',
         'min_version': '',
         'updated': '2015-08-27T11:33:21Z',
diff --git a/manila/tests/api/test_versions.py b/manila/tests/api/test_versions.py
index c8b59a14..c36623f4 100644
--- a/manila/tests/api/test_versions.py
+++ b/manila/tests/api/test_versions.py
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ class VersionsControllerTestCase(test.TestCase):
         v1 = [v for v in version_list if v['id'] == 'v1.0'][0]
         self.assertEqual('', v1.get('min_version'))
         self.assertEqual('', v1.get('version'))
+        self.assertEqual('DEPRECATED', v1.get('status'))
 
         v2 = [v for v in version_list if v['id'] == 'v2.0'][0]
         self.assertEqual(api_version_request._MIN_API_VERSION,
                          v2.get('min_version'))
         self.assertEqual(api_version_request._MAX_API_VERSION,
                          v2.get('version'))
+        self.assertEqual('CURRENT', v2.get('status'))
 
     @ddt.data('1.0',
               '1.1',
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ class VersionsControllerTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(version_header_name, response.headers['Vary'])
         self.assertEqual('', version_list[0].get('min_version'))
         self.assertEqual('', version_list[0].get('version'))
+        self.assertEqual('DEPRECATED', version_list[0].get('status'))
 
     @ddt.data(api_version_request._MIN_API_VERSION,
               api_version_request._MAX_API_VERSION)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/api-versions-mark-v1-deprecated-3540d39279fbd60e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/api-versions-mark-v1-deprecated-3540d39279fbd60e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c08b62bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/api-versions-mark-v1-deprecated-3540d39279fbd60e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - Deprecation of the manila v1 API was announced in the mitaka release.
+    The versions response from the API has been fixed to state that this
+    version has been deprecated. If you are using v1 API, consider switching
+    to the v2 API to take advantage of newer features. v2 API has support for
+    'microversions'. Any endpoint on the v2 API can be requested with the HTTP header
+    'X-OpenStack-Manila-API-Version' and providing a value '2.x', where '2' is the
+    major version and 'x' is the minor (or 'micro') version. To continue exploiting
+    feature functionality that was part of the v1 API, you may use the v2 API with
+    the microverison '2.0', which is behaviourally identical to the v1 API.