Merge pull request #2018 from MetaMask/i2014-BetterWeb3DeprecationWarning

Make web3 deprecation notice more useful

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6835e7bc..d9cb02a24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Add the total amount of tokens when multiple tokens are added under the token list
 - Use HTTPS links for Etherscan.
 - Update Support center link to new one with HTTPS.
+- Make web3 deprecation notice more useful by linking to a descriptive article.
 
 ## 3.9.11 2017-8-24
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js b/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js
index 62aaf405c..cce31c3d2 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function setupDappAutoReload (web3, observable) {
     get: (_web3, key) => {
       // show warning once on web3 access
       if (!hasBeenWarned && key !== 'currentProvider') {
-        console.warn('MetaMask: web3 will be deprecated in the near future in favor of the ethereumProvider \nhttps://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/tag/v0.9.0')
+        console.warn('MetaMask: web3 will be deprecated in the near future in favor of the ethereumProvider \nhttps://github.com/MetaMask/faq/blob/master/detecting_metamask.md#web3-deprecation')
         hasBeenWarned = true
       }
       // get the time of use