diff --git a/django/contrib/markup/templatetags/markup.py b/django/contrib/markup/templatetags/markup.py
index 18b7475ca7..389c919c07 100644
--- a/django/contrib/markup/templatetags/markup.py
+++ b/django/contrib/markup/templatetags/markup.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ def markdown(value, arg=''):
     they will be silently ignored.
 
     """
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn('The markdown filter has been deprecated',
+                  category=DeprecationWarning)
     try:
         import markdown
     except ImportError:
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ def markdown(value, arg=''):
 
 @register.filter(is_safe=True)
 def restructuredtext(value):
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn('The restructuredtext filter has been deprecated',
+                  category=DeprecationWarning)
     try:
         from docutils.core import publish_parts
     except ImportError:
diff --git a/django/contrib/markup/tests.py b/django/contrib/markup/tests.py
index 7b050ace82..19a3b7e9d0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/markup/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/markup/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Quick tests for the markup templatetags (django.contrib.markup)
 import re
+import warnings
 
 from django.template import Template, Context
+from django import test
 from django.utils import unittest
 from django.utils.html import escape
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     docutils = None
 
-class Templates(unittest.TestCase):
+class Templates(test.TestCase):
 
     textile_content = """Paragraph 1
 
@@ -37,6 +39,13 @@ Paragraph 2 with a link_
 
 .. _link: http://www.example.com/"""
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.save_warnings_state()
+        warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=DeprecationWarning, module='django.contrib.markup')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.restore_warnings_state()
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(textile, 'textile not installed')
     def test_textile(self):
         t = Template("{% load markup %}{{ textile_content|textile }}")
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index 9359c82e46..4add751912 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ these changes.
   in 1.4. The backward compatibility will be removed --
   ``HttpRequest.raw_post_data`` will no longer work.
 
+* ``django.contrib.markup`` will be removed following an accelerated
+  deprecation.
+
 1.7
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt
index 8f3e0a95f9..9215c64f93 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ django.contrib.markup
 .. module:: django.contrib.markup
    :synopsis: A collection of template filters that implement common markup languages.
 
+.. deprecated:: 1.5
+    This module has been deprecated.
+
 Django provides template filters that implement the following markup
 languages:
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.5.txt b/docs/releases/1.5.txt
index 5728d8559a..5578e8efcb 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.5.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.5.txt
@@ -358,3 +358,11 @@ the built-in :func:`itertools.product` instead.
 The :class:`~django.utils.encoding.StrAndUnicode` mix-in has been deprecated.
 Define a ``__str__`` method and apply the
 :func:`~django.utils.encoding.python_2_unicode_compatible` decorator instead.
+
+``django.utils.markup``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The markup contrib module has been deprecated and will follow an accelerated
+deprecation schedule. Direct use of python markup libraries or 3rd party tag
+libraries is preferred to Django maintaining this functionality in the
+framework.