diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1904fe0b9..be5b3893f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.18.1] - 2016-08-28
+### Fixed
+- Removed deprecation warnings to STDERR to avoid them leaking to the end-user (backported)
+
 ## [1.18.0] - 2016-06-27
 ### Added
 - `./runtests` test runner with coverage tracking by default
@@ -22,6 +26,10 @@
 - No longer swallows `panic`s that occur within the `Action`s themselves when
   detecting the signature of the `Action` field
 
+## [1.17.1] - 2016-08-28
+### Fixed
+- Removed deprecation warnings to STDERR to avoid them leaking to the end-user
+
 ## [1.17.0] - 2016-05-09
 ### Added
 - Pluggable flag-level help text rendering via `cli.DefaultFlagStringFunc`
@@ -43,6 +51,10 @@
 - cleanups based on [Go Report Card
   feedback](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/urfave/cli)
 
+## [1.16.1] - 2016-08-28
+### Fixed
+- Removed deprecation warnings to STDERR to avoid them leaking to the end-user
+
 ## [1.16.0] - 2016-05-02
 ### Added
 - `Hidden` field on all flag struct types to omit from generated help text
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index a046c0128d..2a519528f5 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ type App struct {
 	// It is run even if Action() panics
 	After AfterFunc
 	// The action to execute when no subcommands are specified
+	// Expects a `cli.ActionFunc` but will accept the *deprecated* signature of `func(*cli.Context) {}`
+	// *Note*: support for the deprecated `Action` signature will be removed in a future version
 	Action interface{}
-	// TODO: replace `Action: interface{}` with `Action: ActionFunc` once some kind
-	// of deprecation period has passed, maybe?
 
 	// Execute this function if the proper command cannot be found
 	CommandNotFound CommandNotFoundFunc
@@ -243,11 +243,12 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-// DEPRECATED: Another entry point to the cli app, takes care of passing arguments and error handling
+// RunAndExitOnError calls .Run() and exits non-zero if an error was returned
+//
+// Deprecated: instead you should return an error that fulfills cli.ExitCoder
+// to cli.App.Run. This will cause the application to exit with the given eror
+// code in the cli.ExitCoder
 func (a *App) RunAndExitOnError() {
-	fmt.Fprintf(a.errWriter(),
-		"DEPRECATED cli.App.RunAndExitOnError.  %s  See %s\n",
-		contactSysadmin, runAndExitOnErrorDeprecationURL)
 	if err := a.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(a.errWriter(), err)
 		OsExiter(1)
@@ -481,9 +482,6 @@ func HandleAction(action interface{}, context *Context) (err error) {
 	vals := reflect.ValueOf(action).Call([]reflect.Value{reflect.ValueOf(context)})
 
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(ErrWriter,
-			"DEPRECATED Action signature.  Must be `cli.ActionFunc`.  %s  See %s\n",
-			contactSysadmin, appActionDeprecationURL)
 		return nil
 	}