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+# **DEPRECATED**
+
+This image is officially deprecated in favor of [the `node` image](https://hub.docker.com/_/node/). Please adjust your usage accordingly!
+
+See [iojs.org](https://iojs.org/) for more information, specifically the following note:
+
+> ### **io.js has merged with the Node.js project again.**
+>
+> There won't be any further io.js releases. All of the features in io.js are available in Node.js v4 and above.
+
 # Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links
 
 -	[`1.8.4`, `1.8`, `1` (*1.8/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/nodejs/docker-iojs/blob/54780958c85a399f6516a90d128cc49fc0ad96f8/1.8/Dockerfile)