diff --git a/plugins/Aka/plugin.py b/plugins/Aka/plugin.py
index e41e88a3b..d887f52ad 100644
--- a/plugins/Aka/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Aka/plugin.py
@@ -498,10 +498,8 @@ class AkaHTTPCallback(httpserver.SupyHTTPServerCallback):
 
 
 class Aka(callbacks.Plugin):
-    """Aka is the improved version of the Alias plugin. It stores akas outside
-    of the bot.conf, which doesn't have risk of corrupting the bot.conf file
-    (this often happens when there are Unicode issues). Aka also
-    introduces multi-worded akas."""
+    """This plugin allows users to define aliases to commands and combinations
+    of commands (via nesting)."""
 
     def __init__(self, irc):
         self.__parent = super(Aka, self)
diff --git a/plugins/Alias/plugin.py b/plugins/Alias/plugin.py
index 582b430b6..a32a4db57 100644
--- a/plugins/Alias/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Alias/plugin.py
@@ -236,7 +236,10 @@ def makeNewAlias(name, alias):
 
 class Alias(callbacks.Plugin):
     """This plugin allows users to define aliases to commands and combinations
-    of commands (via nesting)."""
+    of commands (via nesting).
+    This plugin is only kept for backward compatibility, you should use the
+    built-in Aka plugin instead (you can migrate your existing aliases using
+    the 'importaliasdatabase' command."""
     def __init__(self, irc):
         self.__parent = super(Alias, self)
         self.__parent.__init__(irc)