diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index cfc4c0564962b7..c5132fe51a6780 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@ you make the necessary updates after you upgrade to 8.15.0.
 The Uptime app is already hidden from Kibana when there is no recent Heartbeat data, but will be completely removed in 9.0.0. You should migrate to Synthetics as an alternative. For more details, refer to the {observability-guide}/uptime-intro.html[Uptime documentation].
 ====
 
+[discrete]
+.<<search-sessions,Search sessions>> are deprecated in 8.15.0 and will be removed in a future version.
+[%collapsible]
+====
+*Details* +
+Search sessions are now deprecated and will be removed in a future version. By default, queries that take longer than 10 minutes (the default for the advanced setting `search:timeout`) will be canceled. To allow queries to run longer, consider increasing `search:timeout` or setting it to `0` which will allow queries to continue running as long as a user is waiting on-screen for results.
+====
+
 [float]
 [[breaking-changes-8.15.0]]
 === Breaking changes
diff --git a/docs/upgrade-notes.asciidoc b/docs/upgrade-notes.asciidoc
index 57b97856a3d402..43fb4d5ac66e5e 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/upgrade-notes.asciidoc
@@ -1481,6 +1481,18 @@ The following rule action variables have been deprecated. Use the recommended va
 For more information, refer to ({kibana-pull}161136[#161136]).
 ====
 
+// Discover
+
+[discrete]
+[[deprecation-search-sessions]]
+.[Discover] <<search-sessions,Search sessions>> are deprecated in 8.15.0 and will be removed in a future version. (8.15)
+[%collapsible]
+====
+*Details* +
+Search sessions are now deprecated and will be removed in a future version. By default, queries that take longer than 10 minutes (the default for the advanced setting `search:timeout`) will be canceled. To allow queries to run longer, consider increasing `search:timeout` or setting it to `0` which will allow queries to continue running as long as a user is waiting on-screen for results.
+====
+
+
 // General settings
 
 [discrete]