Reword whatsnew message for the benefit of end users.

roberthdevries · roberthdevries · commit f740ed75bc0f · 2020-08-26T10:59:39.000+02:00
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ See :ref:`install.dependencies` and :ref:`install.optional_dependencies` for mor
 Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - Deprecated parameter ``inplace`` in :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` (:issue:`35626`)
-- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated for all file types that can be handled by "openpyxl" because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).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 The recommended engine is "openpyxl" for "xlsx" and "xlsm" files, because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
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@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ See :ref:`install.dependencies` and :ref:`install.optional_dependencies` for mor
`143`	`143`	`Deprecations`
`144`	`144`	`~~~~~~~~~~~~`
`145`	`145`	- Deprecated parameter ``inplace`` in :meth:`MultiIndex.set_codes` and :meth:`MultiIndex.set_levels` (:issue:`35626`)
`146`		-- :func:`read_excel` "xlrd" engine is deprecated for all file types that can be handled by "openpyxl" because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
	`146`	+- :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 The recommended engine is "openpyxl" for "xlsx" and "xlsm" files, because "xlrd" is no longer maintained (:issue:`28547`).
`147`	`147`	`-`
`148`	`148`	`-`
`149`	`149`