diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/package_regex.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/package_regex.inc
index 9bf9681aa1..e681e67afb 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/package_regex.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/package_regex.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# NOTE: THIS FILE IS DEPRECATED. Please add new entries to the recipes themselves.
+#
 # package_regex.inc - This file contains data that tracks
 # upstream project associated with a given recipe. This list is needed
 # for recipes that version information can not be automagically discovered.
@@ -7,13 +9,13 @@
 #"
 # The format is as a bitbake variable override for each recipe
 #"
-#       REGEX_URI_pn-<recipe name> = "recipe_url"
+#       UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI_pn-<recipe name> = "recipe_url"
 #	 - This is the url used by the package checking system to
 #	   get the latest version of the package
-#       REGEX_pn-<recipe name> = "package_regex"
+#       UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX_pn-<recipe name> = "package_regex"
 #	 - This is the regex the package checking system uses to
-#	   parse the page found at REGEX_URI_pn-<recipe name>
-#	GITTAGREGEX_pn-<recipe name> = "git_tag_regex"
+#	   parse the page found at UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI_pn-<recipe name>
+#	UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX_pn-<recipe name> = "git_tag_regex"
 #	 - When source code is fetched from git, git tags are used to
 #	   determine the upstream release version. This regex can be used
 #	   to filter only relevant tags.