Reword whatsnew message for the benefit of end users.

pandas-dev · Aug 26, 2020 · f740ed7 · f740ed7
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@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ See :ref:`install.dependencies` and :ref:`install.optional_dependencies` for mor
 Deprecations
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 - Deprecated parameter ``inplace`` in :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` (:issue:`35626`)
-- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated for all file types that can be handled by "openpyxl" because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
+- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated. The recommended engine is "openpyxl" for "xlsx" and "xlsm" files, because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
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