Reword whatsnew message for the benefit of end users.

roberthdevries · roberthdevries · commit 081ecf839117 · 2020-08-26T11:02:06.000+02:00
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - Deprecated parameter ``inplace`` in :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` (:issue:`35626`)
 - Deprecated parameter ``dtype`` in :~meth:`Index.copy` on method all index classes. Use the :meth:`Index.astype` method instead for changing dtype(:issue:`35853`)
-- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated for all file types that can be handled by "openpyxl" because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
+- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated. The recommended engine is "openpyxl" for "xlsx" and "xlsm" files, because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
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`@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Deprecations`
`144`	`144`	`~~~~~~~~~~~~`
`145`	`145`	- Deprecated parameter ``inplace`` in :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` (:issue:`35626`)
`146`	`146`	- Deprecated parameter ``dtype`` in :~meth:`Index.copy` on method all index classes. Use the :meth:`Index.astype` method instead for changing dtype(:issue:`35853`)
`147`		-- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated for all file types that can be handled by "openpyxl" because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
	`147`	+- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated. The recommended engine is "openpyxl" for "xlsx" and "xlsm" files, because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
`148`	`148`	`-`
`149`	`149`	`-`
`150`	`150`