Provide notices about v1's disposition.
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 # Changelog
 
+## Next
+
+Here are fragments to be discussed in the next release notes:
+
+* Retirement notice.
+
 ## v1.0.4
 
 **Summary**: This is an emergency re-tag of v1.0.2 since v1.0.3 broke API
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 # Overview
+**Note:** This Go package is on the road to retirement.  You can learn more
+at this blog post: https://matttproud.com/blog/posts/retiring-pbutil.html.
+
 This repository provides various Protocol Buffer feature extensions for the Go
 programming language (golang), namely support for record length-delimited 
 message streaming.