diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 02ea5a839f..1c35f55666 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -451,3 +451,13 @@ both, older and future versions of QEMU.
 The ``blacklist`` config file option has been renamed to ``block-rpcs``
 (to be in sync with the renaming of the corresponding command line
 option).
+
+Migration
+---------
+
+``skipped`` MigrationStats field (since 8.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+``skipped`` field in Migration stats has been deprecated.  It hasn't
+been used for more than 10 years.
+
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 440660bced..388425b4c8 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 #
 # @duplicate: number of duplicate (zero) pages (since 1.2)
 #
-# @skipped: number of skipped zero pages (since 1.5)
+# @skipped: number of skipped zero pages. Always zero, only provided for
+#     compatibility (since 1.5)
 #
 # @normal: number of normal pages (since 1.2)
 #
@@ -62,11 +63,18 @@
 #     between 0 and @dirty-sync-count * @multifd-channels.  (since
 #     7.1)
 #
+# Features:
+#
+# @deprecated: Member @skipped is always zero since 1.5.3
+#
 # Since: 0.14
+#
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationStats',
   'data': {'transferred': 'int', 'remaining': 'int', 'total': 'int' ,
-           'duplicate': 'int', 'skipped': 'int', 'normal': 'int',
+           'duplicate': 'int',
+           'skipped': { 'type': 'int', 'features': ['deprecated'] },
+           'normal': 'int',
            'normal-bytes': 'int', 'dirty-pages-rate': 'int',
            'mbps': 'number', 'dirty-sync-count': 'int',
            'postcopy-requests': 'int', 'page-size': 'int',