diff --git a/etg/utils.py b/etg/utils.py
index d3eb5f0c..ee7141b4 100644
--- a/etg/utils.py
+++ b/etg/utils.py
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ def run():
     c.addPyMethod('__enter__', '(self)', 'return self')
     c.addPyMethod('__exit__', '(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)', 'pass')
 
+    f = module.find('wxNewId')
+    f.clearDeprecated()
+    f.deprecated = """\
+IDs generated by this function can possibly conflict with IDs used elsewhere in
+the application code. It is recommended to instead use the ``wx.ID_ANY`` ID to
+assign generated IDs which are guaranteed to not conflict with the other in-use
+IDs for the controls menu items and etc. that you create in the application. For
+those cases where you need to create an ID that can be used more than once then
+please see :func:`wx.NewIdRef`.
+""".replace('\n', ' ')
 
     for funcname in ['wxBell',
                      'wxBeginBusyCursor',
@@ -94,9 +104,10 @@ def run():
                      'wxGetKeyState',
                      'wxGetMouseState',
                      ]:
-        c = module.find(funcname)
-        c.mustHaveApp()
+        f = module.find(funcname)
+        f.mustHaveApp()
 
+    
 
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------
     tools.doCommonTweaks(module)
diff --git a/etgtools/extractors.py b/etgtools/extractors.py
index ea04899a..ffdffac7 100644
--- a/etgtools/extractors.py
+++ b/etgtools/extractors.py
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ from sphinxtools.utilities import findDescendants
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # These classes simply hold various bits of information about the classes,
 # methods, functions and other items in the C/C++ API being wrapped.
-#
-# NOTE: Currently very little is being done with the docstrings. They can
-# either be reprocessed later by the document generator or we can do more
-# tinkering with them here.  It just depends on decisions not yet made...
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class BaseDef(object):
@@ -83,10 +79,21 @@ class BaseDef(object):
                 itemid = item.get('id')
                 if itemid and itemid.startswith('deprecated'):
                     self.deprecated = True
-                    break
+                    return
 
-            if self.deprecated:
-                break
+
+    def clearDeprecated(self):
+        """
+        Remove the deprecation notice from the detailedDoc, if any, and reset
+        self.deprecated to False.
+        """
+        self.deprecated = False
+        for para in self.detailedDoc:
+            for item in para.iter():
+                itemid = item.get('id')
+                if itemid and itemid.startswith('deprecated'):
+                    self.detailedDoc.remove(para)
+                    return
 
 
     def ignore(self, val=True):