diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index b9402ba5f9dd..54910ca201a8 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   Similarly [virtualisation.vmVariantWithBootloader](#opt-virtualisation.vmVariantWithBootLoader) was added.
 
 - The configuration portion of the `nix-daemon` module has been reworked and exposed as [nix.settings](options.html#opt-nix-settings):
-  * Legacy options have been mapped to the corresponding options under under [nix.settings](options.html#opt-nix.settings) but may be deprecated in the future.
+  * Legacy options have been mapped to the corresponding options under under [nix.settings](options.html#opt-nix.settings) and will be deprecated when NixOS 21.11 reaches end of life.
   * [nix.buildMachines.publicHostKey](options.html#opt-nix.buildMachines.publicHostKey) has been added.
 
 - The `writers.writePyPy2`/`writers.writePyPy3` and corresponding `writers.writePyPy2Bin`/`writers.writePyPy3Bin` convenience functions to create executable Python 2/3 scripts using the PyPy interpreter were added.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index 2b21df91b82f..d56808c7564e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ in
 
 {
   imports = [
-    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "nix" "useChroot" ] [ "nix" "useSandbox" ])
-    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "nix" "chrootDirs" ] [ "nix" "sandboxPaths" ])
-    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "nix" "daemonIONiceLevel" ] [ "nix" "daemonIOSchedPriority" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2003; from = [ "nix" "useChroot" ]; to = [ "nix" "useSandbox" ]; })
+    (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2003; from = [ "nix" "chrootDirs" ]; to = [ "nix" "sandboxPaths" ]; })
+    (mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2205; from = [ "nix" "daemonIONiceLevel" ]; to = [ "nix" "daemonIOSchedPriority" ]; })
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "nix" "daemonNiceLevel" ] "Consider nix.daemonCPUSchedPolicy instead.")
-  ] ++ mapAttrsToList (oldConf: newConf: mkRenamedOptionModule [ "nix" oldConf ] [ "nix" "settings" newConf ]) legacyConfMappings;
+  ] ++ mapAttrsToList (oldConf: newConf: mkRenamedOptionModuleWith { sinceRelease = 2205; from = [ "nix" oldConf ]; to = [ "nix" "settings" newConf ]; }) legacyConfMappings;
 
   ###### interface