diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
index b29ecaa1c829..a984da6d2989 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
 
-- `xfce.mkXfceDerivation` has been deprecated, please use `stdenv.mkDerivation`
-  directly. You can migrate by adding `pkg-config`, `xfce4-dev-tools`, and
-  `wrapGAppsHook3` to your `nativeBuildInputs` and `--enable-maintainer-mode`
-  to your `configureFlags`.
+- `xfce.mkXfceDerivation` has been deprecated (i.e. conditioned behind `nixpkgs.config.allowAliases`)
+  and will be removed in NixOS 26.11, please use `stdenv.mkDerivation` directly. You can migrate by
+  adding `pkg-config`, `xfce4-dev-tools`, and `wrapGAppsHook3` to your `nativeBuildInputs` and
+  `--enable-maintainer-mode` to your `configureFlags`.
 
 - `corepack_latest` has been removed, as Corepack is no longer distributed with Node.js.
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 - `services.openssh.settings.AcceptEnv` now explicitly defined as an option that takes a list of strings, to facilitate option merging. Setting it to a string value is no longer supported.
 
-- Xfce panel plugins have been moved to top level (e.g. if you previously added `pkgs.xfce.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin` to `environment.systemPackages`, you will need to change it to `pkgs.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin`).
+- All Xfce packages have been moved to top level (e.g. if you previously added `pkgs.xfce.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin` to `environment.systemPackages`, you will need to change it to `pkgs.xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin`). The `xfce` scope will be removed in NixOS 26.11.
 
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-notable-changes}
 
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/xfce.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/xfce.chapter.md
index 302cf9fa093d..59ef7de0c0be 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/xfce.chapter.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/xfce.chapter.md
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ example settings:
 
 Some Xfce programs are not installed automatically. To install them
 manually (system wide), put them into your
-[](#opt-environment.systemPackages) from `pkgs.xfce`.
+[](#opt-environment.systemPackages).
 
 ## Thunar {#sec-xfce-thunar-plugins}
 
 Thunar (the Xfce file manager) is automatically enabled when Xfce is
 enabled. To enable Thunar without enabling Xfce, use the configuration
 option [](#opt-programs.thunar.enable) instead of adding
-`pkgs.xfce.thunar` to [](#opt-environment.systemPackages).
+`pkgs.thunar` to [](#opt-environment.systemPackages).
 
 If you'd like to add extra plugins to Thunar, add them to
 [](#opt-programs.thunar.plugins). You shouldn't just add them to