diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
index 5c24fd4..164cb9a 100644
--- a/dead.package
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-dead upstream, suggested to use sopel instead, https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel
+2016-05-19: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+