diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig
index e080ab9409a5..beaa885cf104 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ config VIDEO_MX2
 	---help---
 	  This is a v4l2 driver for the i.MX27 Camera Sensor Interface
 
-	  This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon unless someone
-	  will start the work to convert this driver to the vb2 framework
-	  and remove the soc-camera dependency.
+	  This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver
+	  instead of using the soc-camera framework.
+
+	  Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such
+	  ancient hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel
+	  soon.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc68fa443a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver instead of
+using the soc-camera framework.
+
+Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such ancient
+hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel soon.
+
+Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion.
+
+If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist
+(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php).
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc68fa443a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver instead of
+using the soc-camera framework.
+
+Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such ancient
+hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel soon.
+
+Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion.
+
+If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist
+(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php).
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1025f9f60ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon unless someone will start
+the work to convert this driver to the vb2 framework and remove the
+soc-camera dependency.
+
+Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion.
+
+If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist
+(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php).