diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 77631ca707..0b231bfa8e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Major new features:
 
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
-  [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here]
+* The legacy signal handling functions sigpause, sighold, sigrelse,
+  sigignore and sigset have been deprecated.  Applications should use
+  the sigsuspend, sigprocmask and sigaction functions instead.
 
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cancel4.c b/nptl/tst-cancel4.c
index 652668537a..5f284a62a7 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-cancel4.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-cancel4.c
@@ -527,7 +527,10 @@ tf_sigpause (void *arg)
 
   pthread_cleanup_push (cl, NULL);
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
   sigpause (sigmask (SIGINT));
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
   pthread_cleanup_pop (0);
 
diff --git a/nptl/tst-exec1.c b/nptl/tst-exec1.c
index e1a5baa41f..892107d4c7 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-exec1.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-exec1.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
 
 
 static void *
@@ -56,11 +57,7 @@ do_test (void)
     }
 
   /* Not interested in knowing when the pipe is closed.  */
-  if (sigignore (SIGPIPE) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("sigignore failed");
-      exit (1);
-    }
+  xsignal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
   posix_spawn_file_actions_t a;
   if (posix_spawn_file_actions_init (&a) != 0)
diff --git a/nptl/tst-exec2.c b/nptl/tst-exec2.c
index 3d3fb430bf..f57903da1e 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-exec2.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-exec2.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
 
 
 static void *
@@ -56,11 +57,7 @@ do_test (void)
     }
 
   /* Not interested in knowing when the pipe is closed.  */
-  if (sigignore (SIGPIPE) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("sigignore failed");
-      exit (1);
-    }
+  xsignal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
   pid_t pid = fork ();
   if (pid == -1)
diff --git a/nptl/tst-exec3.c b/nptl/tst-exec3.c
index 8a018e916e..b849d3aef7 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-exec3.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-exec3.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
 
 
 static void *
@@ -50,11 +51,7 @@ do_test (void)
     }
 
   /* Not interested in knowing when the pipe is closed.  */
-  if (sigignore (SIGPIPE) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("sigignore failed");
-      exit (1);
-    }
+  xsignal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
   pid_t pid = fork ();
   if (pid == -1)
diff --git a/nptl/tst-exec4.c b/nptl/tst-exec4.c
index cf5998219b..2f32389f41 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-exec4.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-exec4.c
@@ -22,17 +22,13 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
 
 static void *
 tf (void *arg)
 {
   /* Ignore SIGUSR1 and block SIGUSR2.  */
-  if (sigignore (SIGUSR1) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("sigignore failed");
-      exit (1);
-    }
+  xsignal (SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN);
 
   sigset_t ss;
   sigemptyset (&ss);
diff --git a/nptl/tst-exec5.c b/nptl/tst-exec5.c
index 02628931c8..c77f856263 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-exec5.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-exec5.c
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@ do_test (void)
     }
 
   /* Not interested in knowing when the pipe is closed.  */
-  if (sigignore (SIGPIPE) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("error: sigignore failed");
-      exit (1);
-    }
+  xsignal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
   /* To synchronize with the thread.  */
   if (pthread_barrier_init (&b, NULL, 2) != 0)
diff --git a/signal/signal.h b/signal/signal.h
index 40825e95ec..f43876c9dc 100644
--- a/signal/signal.h
+++ b/signal/signal.h
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ extern void psiginfo (const siginfo_t *__pinfo, const char *__s);
 
 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
 # ifdef __GNUC__
-extern int sigpause (int __sig) __asm__ ("__xpg_sigpause");
+extern int sigpause (int __sig) __asm__ ("__xpg_sigpause")
+  __attribute_deprecated_msg__ ("Use the sigsuspend function instead");
 # else
 extern int __sigpause (int __sig_or_mask, int __is_sig);
 /* Remove a signal from the signal mask and suspend the process.  */
@@ -340,16 +341,21 @@ extern int sigstack (struct sigstack *__ss, struct sigstack *__oss)
 /* Simplified interface for signal management.  */
 
 /* Add SIG to the calling process' signal mask.  */
-extern int sighold (int __sig) __THROW;
+extern int sighold (int __sig) __THROW
+  __attribute_deprecated_msg__ ("Use the sigprocmask function instead");
 
 /* Remove SIG from the calling process' signal mask.  */
-extern int sigrelse (int __sig) __THROW;
+extern int sigrelse (int __sig) __THROW
+  __attribute_deprecated_msg__ ("Use the sigprocmask function instead");
 
 /* Set the disposition of SIG to SIG_IGN.  */
-extern int sigignore (int __sig) __THROW;
+extern int sigignore (int __sig) __THROW
+  __attribute_deprecated_msg__ ("Use the signal function instead");
 
 /* Set the disposition of SIG.  */
-extern __sighandler_t sigset (int __sig, __sighandler_t __disp) __THROW;
+extern __sighandler_t sigset (int __sig, __sighandler_t __disp) __THROW
+  __attribute_deprecated_msg__
+    ("Use the signal and sigprocmask functions instead");
 #endif
 
 #if defined __USE_POSIX199506 || defined __USE_UNIX98
diff --git a/signal/tst-sigset2.c b/signal/tst-sigset2.c
index f653323321..32a4cfff5d 100644
--- a/signal/tst-sigset2.c
+++ b/signal/tst-sigset2.c
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+/* The sigset function is deprecated.  */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+
 #define TEST_SIG SIGINT
 
 
diff --git a/signal/tst-sigsimple.c b/signal/tst-sigsimple.c
index d0e6b2f340..cbdd1739ad 100644
--- a/signal/tst-sigsimple.c
+++ b/signal/tst-sigsimple.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+/* The sighold and sigrelse functions are deprecated.  */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 
 static int
 do_test (void)
