diff --git a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
index ba144e248e..1b23e11f9c 100644
--- a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
+++ b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -3202,7 +3202,8 @@ spec:
                     type: object
                   romana:
                     description: RomanaNetworkingSpec declares that we want Romana
-                      networking
+                      networking Romana is deprecated as of kops 1.18 and removed
+                      as of kops 1.19
                     properties:
                       daemonServiceIP:
                         description: DaemonServiceIP is the Kubernetes Service IP
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go b/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go
index 644feaba8f..4391259f77 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/networking.go
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ type KuberouterNetworkingSpec struct {
 }
 
 // RomanaNetworkingSpec declares that we want Romana networking
+// Romana is deprecated as of kops 1.18 and removed as of kops 1.19
 type RomanaNetworkingSpec struct {
 	// DaemonServiceIP is the Kubernetes Service IP for the romana-daemon pod
 	DaemonServiceIP string `json:"daemonServiceIP,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go
index 84bac3c0a2..dbab3bb1bd 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/networking.go
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ type KuberouterNetworkingSpec struct {
 }
 
 // RomanaNetworkingSpec declares that we want Romana networking
+// Romana is deprecated as of kops 1.18 and removed as of kops 1.19
 type RomanaNetworkingSpec struct {
 	// DaemonServiceIP is the Kubernetes Service IP for the romana-daemon pod
 	DaemonServiceIP string `json:"daemonServiceIP,omitempty"`