diff --git a/doc/appendix-release-notes.xml b/doc/appendix-release-notes.xml
index d6aeaf77..ca7eee17 100644
--- a/doc/appendix-release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/appendix-release-notes.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,30 @@
     <title>Release 4.5</title>
     <para><emphasis>?? ???, 2019</emphasis></para>
 
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Compatibility changes</title>
+      <para>
+        The following command line options, which have been deprecated since &repmgr; 3.3
+        (and which no longer had any effect other than to generate a warning about their use)
+        have been removed:
+        <itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
+
+          <listitem>
+            <simpara><option>--data-dir</option></simpara>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <simpara><option>--no-conninfo-password</option></simpara>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <simpara><option>--recovery-min-apply-delay</option></simpara>
+          </listitem>
+
+        </itemizedlist>
+      </para>
+    </sect2>
+
     <sect2>
       <title>General enhancements</title>
       <para>
diff --git a/repmgr-client.c b/repmgr-client.c
index 6ab11a8a..0a70c0a3 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.c
+++ b/repmgr-client.c
@@ -669,33 +669,20 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				break;
 
 				/*-----------------------------
-				 * options deprecated since 3.3
+				 * options deprecated since 4.0
 				 *-----------------------------
 				 */
 			case OPT_CHECK_UPSTREAM_CONFIG:
 				item_list_append(&cli_warnings,
 								 _("--check-upstream-config is deprecated; use --dry-run instead"));
 				break;
-			case OPT_DATA_DIR:
-				item_list_append(&cli_warnings,
-								 _("--data-dir is deprecated; use -D/--pgdata instead"));
-				break;
-			case OPT_NO_CONNINFO_PASSWORD:
-				item_list_append(&cli_warnings,
-								 _("--no-conninfo-password is deprecated; use --use-recovery-conninfo-password to explicitly set a password"));
-				break;
+
 				/* -C/--remote-config-file */
 			case 'C':
 				item_list_append(&cli_warnings,
 								 _("--remote-config-file is no longer required"));
 				break;
 
-				/* --recovery-min-apply-delay */
-			case OPT_RECOVERY_MIN_APPLY_DELAY:
-				item_list_append(&cli_warnings,
-								 _("--recovery-min-apply-delay is now a configuration file parameter, \"recovery_min_apply_delay\""));
-				break;
-
 			case ':':   /* missing option argument */
 				option_error_found = true;
 				break;
diff --git a/repmgr-client.h b/repmgr-client.h
index b2f9ee9a..8ca54744 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.h
+++ b/repmgr-client.h
@@ -101,13 +101,9 @@
 #define OPT_DETAIL						   1046
 #define OPT_REPMGRD_FORCE_UNPAUSE		   1047
 
-/* deprecated since 3.3 */
-#define OPT_DATA_DIR						999
-#define OPT_NO_CONNINFO_PASSWORD			998
-#define OPT_RECOVERY_MIN_APPLY_DELAY		997
 /* deprecated since 4.0 */
-#define OPT_CHECK_UPSTREAM_CONFIG		    996
-#define OPT_NODE						    995
+#define OPT_CHECK_UPSTREAM_CONFIG		    999
+#define OPT_NODE						    998
 
 
 static struct option long_options[] =
@@ -157,7 +153,6 @@ static struct option long_options[] =
 	{"copy-external-config-files", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_COPY_EXTERNAL_CONFIG_FILES},
 	{"fast-checkpoint", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
 	{"no-upstream-connection", no_argument, NULL, OPT_NO_UPSTREAM_CONNECTION},
-	{"recovery-min-apply-delay", required_argument, NULL, OPT_RECOVERY_MIN_APPLY_DELAY},
 	{"replication-user", required_argument, NULL, OPT_REPLICATION_USER},
 	{"upstream-conninfo", required_argument, NULL, OPT_UPSTREAM_CONNINFO},
 	{"upstream-node-id", required_argument, NULL, OPT_UPSTREAM_NODE_ID},
@@ -215,11 +210,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] =
 
 /* deprecated */
 	{"check-upstream-config", no_argument, NULL, OPT_CHECK_UPSTREAM_CONFIG},
-	{"no-conninfo-password", no_argument, NULL, OPT_NO_CONNINFO_PASSWORD},
 	/* previously used by "standby switchover" */
 	{"remote-config-file", required_argument, NULL, 'C'},
-	/* legacy alias for -D/--pgdata */
-	{"data-dir", required_argument, NULL, OPT_DATA_DIR},
 	/* replaced by --node-id */
 	{"node", required_argument, NULL, OPT_NODE},