diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a1fdea7..822a8c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   extensions only need to be rejected on certificate verification.
 * The CommonCrypto backend has been removed.
 * MultiBackend has been removed.
+* ``Whirlpool`` and ``RIPEMD160`` have been deprecated.
 
 
 1.8.1 - 2017-03-10
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
index d3e9eb4..55af21a 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/cryptographic-hashes.rst
@@ -150,22 +150,6 @@
     vulnerable to practical collision attacks, and collisions have been
     demonstrated.
 
-RIPEMD160
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. class:: RIPEMD160()
-
-    RIPEMD160 is a cryptographic hash function that is part of ISO/IEC
-    10118-3:2004. It produces a 160-bit message digest.
-
-Whirlpool
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. class:: Whirlpool()
-
-    Whirlpool is a cryptographic hash function that is part of ISO/IEC
-    10118-3:2004. It produces a 512-bit message digest.
-
 MD5
 ~~~
 
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
index 0714c11..e1172d9 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@
     block_size = 64
 
 
+RIPEMD160 = utils.deprecated(
+    RIPEMD160,
+    __name__,
+    "The RIPEMD160 hash was deprecated in version 1.9.",
+    utils.DeprecatedIn19
+)
+
+
 @utils.register_interface(HashAlgorithm)
 class Whirlpool(object):
     name = "whirlpool"
@@ -156,6 +164,14 @@
     block_size = 64
 
 
+Whirlpool = utils.deprecated(
+    Whirlpool,
+    __name__,
+    "The Whirlpool hash was deprecated in version 1.9.",
+    utils.DeprecatedIn19
+)
+
+
 @utils.register_interface(HashAlgorithm)
 class MD5(object):
     name = "md5"