diff --git a/docs/installation/with-docker-rootless.md b/docs/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
index f9125ba7..c1e8c350 100644
--- a/docs/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
+++ b/docs/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
@@ -225,7 +225,13 @@ services:
       - "2222:2222"
 ```
 
-## Start
+## Startup
+
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
 
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
diff --git a/docs/installation/with-docker.md b/docs/installation/with-docker.md
index b7216ffa..2f0a7d21 100644
--- a/docs/installation/with-docker.md
+++ b/docs/installation/with-docker.md
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ MySQL or PostgreSQL containers will need to be created separately.
 
 ## Startup
 
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
+
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
 started properly. Logs can be viewed with `docker-compose logs`.
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker-rootless.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
index 5ca1b687..e8214cc6 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
@@ -231,7 +231,13 @@ services:
       - "2222:2222"
 ```
 
-## Start
+## Startup
+
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
 
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker.md
index 9bda8f01..09e8ac1e 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.19/installation/with-docker.md
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ MySQL or PostgreSQL containers will need to be created separately.
 
 ## Startup
 
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
+
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
 started properly. Logs can be viewed with `docker-compose logs`.
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker-rootless.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
index ddd5d8e0..663317f6 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
@@ -233,7 +233,13 @@ services:
       - "2222:2222"
 ```
 
-## Start
+## Startup
+
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
 
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker.md
index 2818d40e..67ca25df 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.20/installation/with-docker.md
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ MySQL or PostgreSQL containers will need to be created separately.
 
 ## Startup
 
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
+
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
 started properly. Logs can be viewed with `docker-compose logs`.
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker-rootless.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
index 21bcf192..a665c920 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
@@ -233,7 +233,13 @@ services:
       - "2222:2222"
 ```
 
-## Start
+## Startup
+
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
 
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker.md
index aa24fdb9..6f6257fd 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.21/installation/with-docker.md
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ MySQL or PostgreSQL containers will need to be created separately.
 
 ## Startup
 
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
+
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
 started properly. Logs can be viewed with `docker-compose logs`.
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker-rootless.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
index ddd5d8e0..663317f6 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker-rootless.md
@@ -233,7 +233,13 @@ services:
       - "2222:2222"
 ```
 
-## Start
+## Startup
+
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
 
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker.md b/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker.md
index 5e682b75..2e7ef3f6 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-1.22/installation/with-docker.md
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ MySQL or PostgreSQL containers will need to be created separately.
 
 ## Startup
 
+:::note
+From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
+
+Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. Please use V2 to do below operations.
+:::
+
 To start this setup based on `docker-compose`, execute `docker-compose up -d`,
 to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker-compose ps` will show if Gitea
 started properly. Logs can be viewed with `docker-compose logs`.