diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 685e0d6da97..dd3fdd9ad84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ Release Notes - Mesos - Version 1.2.1
 -------------------------------------------
 * This is a bug fix release.
 
+**NOTE**: In Mesos 1.2.1, the master will no longer allow 0.x agents to
+register. Interoperability between 1.1+ masters and 0.x agents has never
+been supported; however, it was not explicitly disallowed, either.
+Starting with this release of Mesos, registration attempts by 0.x Mesos
+agents will be ignored.
+
 All Issues:
 ** Bug
   * [MESOS-1987] - Add support for SemVer build and prerelease labels to stout.
diff --git a/docs/upgrades.md b/docs/upgrades.md
index e7f95aadeee..18c4beda20a 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades.md
+++ b/docs/upgrades.md
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ We categorize the changes as follows:
   1.2.x
   </td>
   <td style="word-wrap: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><!--Mesos Core-->
+    <ul style="padding-left:10px;">
+      <li>R <a href="#1-2-1-disallow-old-agents">Prevent registration by old Mesos agents</a></li>
+    </ul>
   </td>
   <td style="word-wrap: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><!--Flags-->
     <ul style="padding-left:10px;">
@@ -240,6 +243,9 @@ We categorize the changes as follows:
 
 ## Upgrading from 1.1.x to 1.2.x ##
 
+<a name="1-2-1-disallow-old-agents"></a>
+* In Mesos 1.2.1, the master will no longer allow 0.x agents to register. Interoperability between 1.1+ masters and 0.x agents has never been supported; however, it was not explicitly disallowed, either. Starting with Mesos 1.2.1, registration attempts by 0.x agents will be ignored. **NOTE:** This applies only when upgrading to Mesos 1.2.1. Mesos 1.2.0 does not implement this behavior.
+
 <a name="1-2-x-heartbeat-flag"></a>
 * New Agent flag http_heartbeat_interval: This flag sets a heartbeat interval for messages to be sent over persistent connections made against the agent HTTP API. Currently, this only applies to the LAUNCH_NESTED_CONTAINER_SESSION and ATTACH_CONTAINER_OUTPUT calls. (default: 30secs)