diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
index eb28136e6..f6060fbdd 100644
--- a/api/README.md
+++ b/api/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+> [!NOTE]
+> The website is no longer receiving new features and is now in maintenance mode. Please refrain from opening issues or pull requests.
+
 This is the API for the website and other related services.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License v2.0, see [LICENSE](../docs/.vitepress/LICENSE) for more information.
diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/README.md b/docs/.vitepress/README.md
index 86b0515a4..d65eea6c0 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/README.md
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 > [!NOTE]
-> The website is no longer getting new features. It is now in maintenance mode. Please do not open issues or PRs.
+> The website is no longer receiving new features and is now in maintenance mode. Please refrain from opening issues or pull requests.
 
 This is the website source code to be used with [VitePress](https://vitepress.dev/).