diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 787c535e..6d62bc40 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -166,4 +166,5 @@ importFrom(graphics,plot)
 importFrom(graphics,rect)
 importFrom(graphics,text)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecate_soft)
+importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
 importFrom(munsell,mnsl)
diff --git a/R/breaks-retired.R b/R/breaks-retired.R
index c0a413d5..d2cb42ed 100644
--- a/R/breaks-retired.R
+++ b/R/breaks-retired.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Regularly spaced dates
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #' Use `breaks_width()` instead.
 #'
 #' @param width an interval specification, one of "sec", "min", "hour",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ date_breaks <- function(width = "1 month") {
 
 #' Pretty breaks on transformed scale
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #' These often do not produce very attractive breaks.
 #'
 #' @param trans function of single variable, `x`, that given a numeric
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ trans_breaks <- function(trans, inv, n = 5, ...) {
 
 #' Compute breaks for continuous scale
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #' This function wraps up the components needed to go from a continuous range
 #' to a set of breaks and labels suitable for display on axes or legends.
 #'
diff --git a/R/breaks.r b/R/breaks.r
index f5b67d40..c591bb9b 100644
--- a/R/breaks.r
+++ b/R/breaks.r
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ extended_breaks <- breaks_extended
 #' primarily useful for date/times, as [extended_breaks()] should do a slightly
 #' better job for numeric scales.
 #'
-#' `pretty_breaks()` is retired; use `breaks_pretty()` instead.
+#' `pretty_breaks()` is superseded; use `breaks_pretty()` instead.
 #'
 #' @inheritParams breaks_extended
 #' @param ... other arguments passed on to [pretty()]
diff --git a/R/label-date.R b/R/label-date.R
index ce2204ed..0b908bdc 100644
--- a/R/label-date.R
+++ b/R/label-date.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #' `date_short()` formats changes (e.g. new month, new year) specially.
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `date_format()` and `time_format()` are retired; please use `label_date()`
+#' `date_format()` and `time_format()` are superseded; please use `label_date()`
 #' and `label_time()` instead.
 #' @inherit number_format return
 #' @param format For `date_format()` and `time_format()` a date/time format
diff --git a/R/label-dollar.R b/R/label-dollar.R
index 511ff50e..fe84e0bb 100644
--- a/R/label-dollar.R
+++ b/R/label-dollar.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #' a convenient heuristic.
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `dollar()` and `format_dollar()` are retired; please use `label_dollar()`
+#' `dollar()` and `format_dollar()` are superseded; please use `label_dollar()`
 #' instead.
 #'
 #' @inherit number_format return params
diff --git a/R/label-expression.R b/R/label-expression.R
index 0411cdcd..fb3e54d5 100644
--- a/R/label-expression.R
+++ b/R/label-expression.R
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #' with each string.
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `parse_format()` and `math_format()` was retired; please use
+#' `parse_format()` and `math_format()` was superseded; please use
 #' `label_parse()` and `label_math()` instead.
 #' @inherit number_format return
 #' @seealso [plotmath] for the details of mathematical formatting in R.
diff --git a/R/label-number.r b/R/label-number.r
index 36658e9d..b7acfb58 100644
--- a/R/label-number.r
+++ b/R/label-number.r
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #' they work similarly for all scales, including those that generate legends
 #' rather than axes.
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `number_format()`, `comma_format()`, and `comma()` are retired; please use
+#' `number_format()`, `comma_format()`, and `comma()` are superseded; please use
 #' `label_number()` and `label_comma()` instead.
 #' @param x A numeric vector to format.
 #' @param accuracy A number to round to. Use (e.g.) `0.01` to show 2 decimal
diff --git a/R/label-ordinal.R b/R/label-ordinal.R
index 80f7a3c9..76957708 100644
--- a/R/label-ordinal.R
+++ b/R/label-ordinal.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #' 3rd). Built-in rules are provided for English, French, and Spanish.
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `ordinal()` and `format_ordinal()` are retired; please use `label_ordinal()`
+#' `ordinal()` and `format_ordinal()` are superseded; please use `label_ordinal()`
 #' instead.
 #' @inherit number_format return params
 #' @param prefix,suffix Symbols to display before and after value.
diff --git a/R/label-percent.R b/R/label-percent.R
index db15f2ba..e597236e 100644
--- a/R/label-percent.R
+++ b/R/label-percent.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #' Label percentages (2.5%, 50%, etc)
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `percent()` and `percent_format()` are retired; please use `label_percent()`
+#' `percent()` and `percent_format()` are superseded; please use `label_percent()`
 #' instead.
 #' @inherit number_format return params
 #' @export
diff --git a/R/label-pvalue.R b/R/label-pvalue.R
index 4afd447c..d628fdb4 100644
--- a/R/label-pvalue.R
+++ b/R/label-pvalue.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' Formatter for p-values, using "<" and ">" for p-values close to 0 and 1.
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `pvalue()` and `pvalue_dollar()` are retired; please use `label_pvalue()`
+#' `pvalue()` and `pvalue_dollar()` are superseded; please use `label_pvalue()`
 #' instead.
 #' @inherit number_format return params
 #' @param prefix A character vector of length 3 giving the prefixes to
diff --git a/R/label-scientific.R b/R/label-scientific.R
index 9aa9778e..e857ae8c 100644
--- a/R/label-scientific.R
+++ b/R/label-scientific.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #' Label numbers with scientific notation (e.g. 1e05, 1.5e-02)
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `scientific_format()` and `scientific()` are retired; please use
+#' `scientific_format()` and `scientific()` are superseded; please use
 #' `label_scientific()`.
 #' @inherit number_format return params
 #' @param digits Number of digits to show before exponent.
diff --git a/R/label-wrap.R b/R/label-wrap.R
index ea671d36..938a345e 100644
--- a/R/label-wrap.R
+++ b/R/label-wrap.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' Uses [strwrap()] to split long labels across multiple lines.
 #'
 #' @section Old interface:
-#' `wrap_format()` is retired; please use `label_format()` instead.
+#' `wrap_format()` is superseded; please use `label_format()` instead.
 #' @inherit number_format return
 #' @param width Number of characters per line.
 #' @export
diff --git a/R/labels-retired.R b/R/labels-retired.R
index d3b3ae29..c43da2fc 100644
--- a/R/labels-retired.R
+++ b/R/labels-retired.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Older interface to `label_bytes()`
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #' These functions are kept for backward compatibility, but you should switch
 #' to [label_bytes()] for new code.
 #'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ validate_byte_symbol <- function(symbol, symbols, default = "auto") {
 
 #' Format labels after transformation
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #'
 #' @param trans transformation to apply
 #' @param format additional formatter to apply after transformation
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ trans_format <- function(trans, format = scientific_format()) {
 
 #' Unit labels
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #' This function is kept for backward compatiblity; you should either use
 #' [label_number()] or [label_number_si()] instead.
 #'
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ unit_format <- function(accuracy = NULL, scale = 1, prefix = "",
 
 #' Label using `format()`
 #'
-#' \Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+#' `r lifecycle::badge('superseded')`
 #' This function is kept for backward compatiblity; you should either use
 #' [label_number()] or [label_date()] instead.
 #'
diff --git a/R/scales-package.R b/R/scales-package.R
index 981b9827..8c593b5f 100644
--- a/R/scales-package.R
+++ b/R/scales-package.R
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 # roxygen namespace tags. Modify with care!
 ## usethis namespace: start
 #' @importFrom lifecycle deprecate_soft
+#' @importFrom lifecycle deprecated
 ## usethis namespace: end
 NULL
diff --git a/man/breaks_pretty.Rd b/man/breaks_pretty.Rd
index 3265ab8a..dfe26274 100644
--- a/man/breaks_pretty.Rd
+++ b/man/breaks_pretty.Rd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ primarily useful for date/times, as \code{\link[=extended_breaks]{extended_break
 better job for numeric scales.
 }
 \details{
-\code{pretty_breaks()} is retired; use \code{breaks_pretty()} instead.
+\code{pretty_breaks()} is superseded; use \code{breaks_pretty()} instead.
 }
 \examples{
 one_month <- as.POSIXct(c("2020-05-01", "2020-06-01"))
diff --git a/man/cbreaks.Rd b/man/cbreaks.Rd
index ec493887..24f61a8c 100644
--- a/man/cbreaks.Rd
+++ b/man/cbreaks.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ breaks are - it is extremely dangerous to supply labels if you don't know
 what the breaks will be.}
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 This function wraps up the components needed to go from a continuous range
 to a set of breaks and labels suitable for display on axes or legends.
 }
diff --git a/man/date_breaks.Rd b/man/date_breaks.Rd
index f5ed8bb1..08ae5cd7 100644
--- a/man/date_breaks.Rd
+++ b/man/date_breaks.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ date_breaks(width = "1 month")
 followed by "s". Fractional seconds are supported.}
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 Use \code{breaks_width()} instead.
 }
 \keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/figures/lifecycle-soft-deprecated.svg b/man/figures/lifecycle-soft-deprecated.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f014fd1..00000000
--- a/man/figures/lifecycle-soft-deprecated.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/man/figures/lifecycle-retired.svg b/man/figures/lifecycle-superseded.svg
similarity index 52%
rename from man/figures/lifecycle-retired.svg
rename to man/figures/lifecycle-superseded.svg
index 33f406b1..75f24f55 100644
--- a/man/figures/lifecycle-retired.svg
+++ b/man/figures/lifecycle-superseded.svg
@@ -1 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="128" height="20"><linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><clipPath id="a"><rect width="128" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></clipPath><g clip-path="url(#a)"><path fill="#555" d="M0 0h55v20H0z"/><path fill="#007ec6" d="M55 0h73v20H55z"/><path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h128v20H0z"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="110"> <text x="285" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="450">lifecycle</text><text x="285" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="450">lifecycle</text><text x="905" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="630">superseded</text><text x="905" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="630">superseded</text></g> </svg>
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diff --git a/man/format_format.Rd b/man/format_format.Rd
index 148f08cf..c2ff6e8a 100644
--- a/man/format_format.Rd
+++ b/man/format_format.Rd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ format_format(...)
 \item{...}{Arguments passed on to \code{\link[=format]{format()}}.}
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 This function is kept for backward compatiblity; you should either use
 \code{\link[=label_number]{label_number()}} or \code{\link[=label_date]{label_date()}} instead.
 }
diff --git a/man/label_date.Rd b/man/label_date.Rd
index 2a1230dc..6f02bb55 100644
--- a/man/label_date.Rd
+++ b/man/label_date.Rd
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ but uses a slightly different approach: \code{ConciseDateFormatter} formats
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{date_format()} and \code{time_format()} are retired; please use \code{label_date()}
+\code{date_format()} and \code{time_format()} are superseded; please use \code{label_date()}
 and \code{label_time()} instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_dollar.Rd b/man/label_dollar.Rd
index d0c614da..de93d533 100644
--- a/man/label_dollar.Rd
+++ b/man/label_dollar.Rd
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ a convenient heuristic.
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{dollar()} and \code{format_dollar()} are retired; please use \code{label_dollar()}
+\code{dollar()} and \code{format_dollar()} are superseded; please use \code{label_dollar()}
 instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_number.Rd b/man/label_number.Rd
index 6d97d988..3155caa8 100644
--- a/man/label_number.Rd
+++ b/man/label_number.Rd
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ that inserts a comma every three digits.
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{number_format()}, \code{comma_format()}, and \code{comma()} are retired; please use
+\code{number_format()}, \code{comma_format()}, and \code{comma()} are superseded; please use
 \code{label_number()} and \code{label_comma()} instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_ordinal.Rd b/man/label_ordinal.Rd
index 71f592f5..9069c28e 100644
--- a/man/label_ordinal.Rd
+++ b/man/label_ordinal.Rd
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Round values to integers and then display as ordinal values (e.g. 1st, 2nd,
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{ordinal()} and \code{format_ordinal()} are retired; please use \code{label_ordinal()}
+\code{ordinal()} and \code{format_ordinal()} are superseded; please use \code{label_ordinal()}
 instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_parse.Rd b/man/label_parse.Rd
index 0ba465c1..ed1c57d2 100644
--- a/man/label_parse.Rd
+++ b/man/label_parse.Rd
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ with each string.
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{parse_format()} and \code{math_format()} was retired; please use
+\code{parse_format()} and \code{math_format()} was superseded; please use
 \code{label_parse()} and \code{label_math()} instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_percent.Rd b/man/label_percent.Rd
index cf001bbb..ca99a1c7 100644
--- a/man/label_percent.Rd
+++ b/man/label_percent.Rd
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Label percentages (2.5\%, 50\%, etc)
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{percent()} and \code{percent_format()} are retired; please use \code{label_percent()}
+\code{percent()} and \code{percent_format()} are superseded; please use \code{label_percent()}
 instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_pvalue.Rd b/man/label_pvalue.Rd
index 76259171..d3a420ac 100644
--- a/man/label_pvalue.Rd
+++ b/man/label_pvalue.Rd
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Formatter for p-values, using "<" and ">" for p-values close to 0 and 1.
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{pvalue()} and \code{pvalue_dollar()} are retired; please use \code{label_pvalue()}
+\code{pvalue()} and \code{pvalue_dollar()} are superseded; please use \code{label_pvalue()}
 instead.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_scientific.Rd b/man/label_scientific.Rd
index 0e5a49dc..b212f308 100644
--- a/man/label_scientific.Rd
+++ b/man/label_scientific.Rd
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Label numbers with scientific notation (e.g. 1e05, 1.5e-02)
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{scientific_format()} and \code{scientific()} are retired; please use
+\code{scientific_format()} and \code{scientific()} are superseded; please use
 \code{label_scientific()}.
 }
 
diff --git a/man/label_wrap.Rd b/man/label_wrap.Rd
index 6a71cac8..702a0179 100644
--- a/man/label_wrap.Rd
+++ b/man/label_wrap.Rd
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Uses \code{\link[=strwrap]{strwrap()}} to split long labels across multiple line
 }
 \section{Old interface}{
 
-\code{wrap_format()} is retired; please use \code{label_format()} instead.
+\code{wrap_format()} is superseded; please use \code{label_format()} instead.
 }
 
 \examples{
diff --git a/man/number_bytes_format.Rd b/man/number_bytes_format.Rd
index a4f7c4df..32747e49 100644
--- a/man/number_bytes_format.Rd
+++ b/man/number_bytes_format.Rd
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variants for binary units.}
 \item{units}{which unit base to use, "binary" (1024 base) or "si" (1000 base)}
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 These functions are kept for backward compatibility, but you should switch
 to \code{\link[=label_bytes]{label_bytes()}} for new code.
 }
diff --git a/man/trans_breaks.Rd b/man/trans_breaks.Rd
index 7eea4a80..8ff170f8 100644
--- a/man/trans_breaks.Rd
+++ b/man/trans_breaks.Rd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ vector returns the transformed values}
 \item{...}{other arguments passed on to pretty}
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 These often do not produce very attractive breaks.
 }
 \examples{
diff --git a/man/trans_format.Rd b/man/trans_format.Rd
index 500a54ae..72d3e003 100644
--- a/man/trans_format.Rd
+++ b/man/trans_format.Rd
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ a function with single parameter x, a numeric vector, that
 returns a character vector of list of expressions
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 }
 \examples{
 tf <- trans_format("log10", scientific_format())
diff --git a/man/unit_format.Rd b/man/unit_format.Rd
index c365415c..377ffd36 100644
--- a/man/unit_format.Rd
+++ b/man/unit_format.Rd
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ width (see \code{\link[base:format]{base::format()}}).}
 \item{...}{Other arguments passed on to \code{\link[base:format]{base::format()}}.}
 }
 \description{
-\Sexpr[results=rd, stage=render]{lifecycle::badge("retired")}
+\ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#superseded}{\figure{lifecycle-superseded.svg}{options: alt='[Superseded]'}}}{\strong{[Superseded]}}
 This function is kept for backward compatiblity; you should either use
 \code{\link[=label_number]{label_number()}} or \code{\link[=label_number_si]{label_number_si()}} instead.
 }