diff --git a/docs/about.rst b/docs/about.rst
index a027052cc50f2663edb089753372b738f13d6380..a54ca32cc856fd6ebe5c969e53f0f07866114bac 100644
--- a/docs/about.rst
+++ b/docs/about.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ Roles cover different aspects of infrastructure, such as mail servers, web
 servers, web applications etc. The roles are mainly well-suited for smaller
 installations.
 
-Roles are mainly written for use with *Debian 8 Jessie*, although some support
-*Debian 9 Stretch* as well. You can find out more about distribution
-compatibility in :ref:`rolereference`.
+Roles are written for use with *Debian GNU/Linux*. For more details on
+supported releases, see :ref:`rolereference`.
 
 At the moment, the roles have been written for and tested against **Ansible
 2.9.x**.
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index 101dac8548e8833e4c841c24a2d0ff31be8b54a9..10fcaaa423871eed942ea978218097b837e83639 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ In order to deploy the test site, the following steps would normally be taken:
      ansible-playbook playbooks/preseed.yml
 
 9. Install all servers using the generated preseed files. Use *Debian
-   8 Jessie* or *Debian 9 Stretch* in any combination desired.
+   9 Stretch*.
 
 10. Add the SSH host fingerprints to your ``known_hosts`` file (don't forget to
     remove old entries if you are redoing the process). You can easily obtain all
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index bb56320e23ffecbb02e7ccb926c7346d7a2e7591..1b9511b8ab00216ca0612f522f374f47f254fde0 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ Roles cover different aspects of infrastructure, such as mail servers, web
 servers, web applications etc. The roles are mainly well-suited for smaller
 installations.
 
-Roles are written for use with *Debian 8 Jessie* and *Debian 9
-Stretch*. You can find out more about distribution compatibility in
-:ref:`rolereference`.
+Roles are written for use with *Debian GNU/Linux*. For more details on
+supported releases, see :ref:`rolereference`.
 
 At the moment, the roles have been written for and tested against **Ansible
 2.9.x**.
diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.rst b/docs/releasenotes.rst
index 9a31ecbda6c288430f61f91afb80eebe6ae85525..33f7092cdd35e08a76aaf2b232d51954612db84b 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Breaking changes:
 * Switched to Ansible 2.9.x, removing support for older versions. All
   documentation has been updated.
 
+* All roles
+
+  * Support for Debian 8 Jessie has been dropped from all roles.
+
 Bug fixes:
 
 * ``common`` role