diff --git a/docs/ops.html b/docs/ops.html
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@@ -1266,7 +1266,8 @@ <h4 class="anchor-heading"><a id="prodconfig" class="anchor-link"></a><a href="#
 
   <h3 class="anchor-heading"><a id="java" class="anchor-link"></a><a href="#java">6.6 Java Version</a></h3>
 
-  Java 8 and Java 11 are supported. Java 11 performs significantly better if TLS is enabled, so it is highly recommended (it also includes a number of other
+  Java 8, Java 11, and Java 17 are supported. Note that Java 8 support has been deprecated since Apache Kafka 3.0 and will be removed in Apache Kafka 4.0.
+  Java 11 and later versions perform significantly better if TLS is enabled, so they are highly recommended (they also include a number of other
   performance improvements: G1GC, CRC32C, Compact Strings, Thread-Local Handshakes and more).
   
   From a security perspective, we recommend the latest released patch version as older freely available versions have disclosed security vulnerabilities.
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.html b/docs/upgrade.html
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--- a/docs/upgrade.html
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@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ <h5><a id="upgrade_300_notable" href="#upgrade_300_notable">Notable changes in 3
         See <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-679%3A+Producer+will+enable+the+strongest+delivery+guarantee+by+default">KIP-679</a> for details.
 	In 3.0.0 and 3.1.0, a bug prevented the idempotence default from being applied which meant that it remained disabled unless the user had explicitly set
 	<code>enable.idempotence</code> to true. Note that the bug did not affect the <code>acks=all</code> change. See <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13598">KAFKA-13598</a>for more details.
-        This issue was fixed and the default is properly applied in 3.0.1, 3.1.1, and 3.2.0.
+        This issue was fixed and the default is properly applied in 3.0.1, 3.1.1, and 3.2.0.</li>
+    <li>Java 8 and Scala 2.12 support have been deprecated since Apache Kafka 3.0 and will be removed in Apache Kafka 4.0.
+        See <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=181308223">KIP-750</a>
+        and <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=181308218">KIP-751</a> for more details.</li>
     <li>ZooKeeper has been upgraded to version 3.6.3.</li>
     <li>A preview of KRaft mode is available, though upgrading to it from the 2.8 Early Access release is not possible. See
         the <code>config/kraft/README.md</code> file for details.</li>