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@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ they were first deprecated in the 2.10.0 release.
 What follows is a list of all features currently marked as
 deprecated.
 
+Build options
+-------------
+
+``gprof`` builds (since 8.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``--enable-gprof`` configure setting relies on compiler
+instrumentation to gather its data which can distort the generated
+profile. As other non-instrumenting tools are available that give a
+more holistic view of the system with non-instrumented binaries we are
+deprecating the build option and no longer defend it in CI. The
+``--enable-gcov`` build option remains for analysis test case
+coverage.
+
 System emulator command line arguments
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