diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29cad14602c508..39c6fff6b5c7b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Release channels have their own copy of this changelog:
     * Partitions are recalculated on boot from snapshot (#1159)
     * `epoch_rewards_status` removed from snapshot (#1274)
   * Added `unified-scheduler` option for `--block-verification-method` (#1668)
+  * Deprecate the `fifo` option for `--rocksdb-shred-compaction` (#1882)
+    * `fifo` will remain supported in v2.0 with plans to fully remove in v2.1
 
 ## [1.18.0]
 * Changes
diff --git a/validator/src/main.rs b/validator/src/main.rs
index f49c4e41fcfa1b..d3ab50685fade6 100644
--- a/validator/src/main.rs
+++ b/validator/src/main.rs
@@ -1775,11 +1775,11 @@ pub fn main() {
                 "fifo" => {
                     warn!(
                         "The value \"fifo\" for --rocksdb-shred-compaction has been deprecated. \
-                         Use of \"fifo\" will still work for now, but will be completely removed \
-                         in the future. To update, use \"level\" for --rocksdb-shred-compaction, \
-                         or remove the --rocksdb-shred-compaction argument altogether. Note that \
-                         the \"rocksdb_fifo\" subdirectory within the ledger directory will need \
-                         to be manually cleaned up once the validator is running with \"level\"."
+                         Use of \"fifo\" will still work for now, but is planned for full removal \
+                         in v2.1. To update, use \"level\" for --rocksdb-shred-compaction, or \
+                         remove the --rocksdb-shred-compaction argument altogether. Note that the \
+                         entire \"rocksdb_fifo\" subdirectory within the ledger directory will \
+                         need to be manually removed once the validator is running with \"level\"."
                     );
                     match matches.value_of("rocksdb_fifo_shred_storage_size") {
                         None => ShredStorageType::rocks_fifo(default_fifo_shred_storage_size(