diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/glib-docs.xml b/docs/reference/glib/glib-docs.xml
index 6d5c2ad4f..fa43eaff7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/glib-docs.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/glib-docs.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@
GLib Tools
+
+
+
+ Deprecated Tools
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/gtester-report.xml b/docs/reference/glib/gtester-report.xml
index 4fd0685c0..eee933784 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/gtester-report.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/gtester-report.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
gtester-report is a script which converts
the XML output generated by gtester into HTML.
+Since GLib 2.62, gtester-report is deprecated. Use
+TAP for reporting test results instead, and feed it to the test harness provided
+by your build system.Options
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/gtester.xml b/docs/reference/glib/gtester.xml
index b1c126bd9..5626d4df8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/gtester.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/gtester.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
gtester is a utility to run unit tests that have
been written using the GLib test framework.
+Since GLib 2.62, gtester-report is deprecated. Use
+TAP for reporting test results instead, and feed it to the test harness provided
+by your build system.
When called with the option, gtester
writes an XML report of the test results, which can be converted
diff --git a/glib/gtester-report.in b/glib/gtester-report.in
index 01f6033f7..e5121f709 100644
--- a/glib/gtester-report.in
+++ b/glib/gtester-report.in
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
# License along with this library; if not, see .
+
+# Deprecated: Since GLib 2.62, gtester and gtester-report have been deprecated
+# in favour of TAP.
+
import datetime
import optparse
import sys, re, xml.dom.minidom
@@ -343,6 +347,9 @@ class HTMLReportWriter(ReportWriter):
self.oprint ('\n')
self.oprint ('