diff --git a/changelog/4447.trivial.rst b/changelog/4447.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..884ccd4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4447.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Changed the deprecation type of ``--result-log`` to ``PytestDeprecationWarning``.
+
+It was decided to remove this feature at the next major revision.
diff --git a/doc/en/deprecations.rst b/doc/en/deprecations.rst
index 229bca171..dbcb55271 100644
--- a/doc/en/deprecations.rst
+++ b/doc/en/deprecations.rst
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ Result log (``--result-log``)
 The ``--resultlog`` command line option has been deprecated: it is little used
 and there are more modern and better alternatives, for example `pytest-tap <https://tappy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_.
 
+This feature will be effectively removed in pytest 4.0 as the team intends to include a better alternative in the core.
+
+If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to `open an issue <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues>`__.
+
 Removed Features
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/doc/en/usage.rst b/doc/en/usage.rst
index 6c42cd0ec..49c2aa577 100644
--- a/doc/en/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/en/usage.rst
@@ -483,14 +483,10 @@ Creating resultlog format files
 
 .. deprecated:: 3.0
 
-    This option is rarely used and is scheduled for removal in 4.0.
+    This option is rarely used and is scheduled for removal in 5.0.
 
-    An alternative for users which still need similar functionality is to use the
-    `pytest-tap <https://pypi.org/project/pytest-tap/>`_ plugin which provides
-    a stream of test data.
-
-    If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to
-    `open an issue <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues>`_.
+    See `the deprecation docs <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#result-log-result-log>`__
+    for more information.
 
 To create plain-text machine-readable result files you can issue::
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
index ba7426a11..23b32c3e0 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/deprecated.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ GETFUNCARGVALUE = RemovedInPytest4Warning(
     "getfuncargvalue is deprecated, use getfixturevalue"
 )
 
-RESULT_LOG = RemovedInPytest4Warning(
-    "--result-log is deprecated and scheduled for removal in pytest 4.0.\n"
-    "See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/usage.html#creating-resultlog-format-files for more information."
+RESULT_LOG = PytestDeprecationWarning(
+    "--result-log is deprecated and scheduled for removal in pytest 5.0.\n"
+    "See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#result-log-result-log for more information."
 )
 
 MARK_INFO_ATTRIBUTE = RemovedInPytest4Warning(
diff --git a/testing/deprecated_test.py b/testing/deprecated_test.py
index bc2e8378b..8638da05a 100644
--- a/testing/deprecated_test.py
+++ b/testing/deprecated_test.py
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ def test_resultlog_is_deprecated(testdir):
     result = testdir.runpytest("--result-log=%s" % testdir.tmpdir.join("result.log"))
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
         [
-            "*--result-log is deprecated and scheduled for removal in pytest 4.0*",
-            "*See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/usage.html#creating-resultlog-format-files for more information*",
+            "*--result-log is deprecated and scheduled for removal in pytest 5.0*",
+            "*See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#result-log-result-log for more information*",
         ]
     )