diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index abc7bb18..fcb22475 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@ Breaking changes:
 * Drop support for Python 3.3. (#358)
 * Drop support for Python 3.4. (#421)
 
+Deprecations:
+
+* Deprecate the ``html5lib`` sanitizer (``html5lib.serialize(sanitize=True)`` and
+  ``html5lib.filters.sanitizer``). We recommend users migrate to `Bleach
+  <https://github.com/mozilla/bleach>`. Please let us know if Bleach doesn't suffice for your
+  use. (#443)
+
 Other changes:
 
-* Try to import from `collections.abc` to remove DeprecationWarning and ensure
-  `html5lib` keeps working in future Python versions. (#403)
-* Drop optional `datrie` dependency. (#442)
+* Try to import from ``collections.abc`` to remove DeprecationWarning and ensure
+  ``html5lib`` keeps working in future Python versions. (#403)
+* Drop optional ``datrie`` dependency. (#442)
 
 
 1.0.1
diff --git a/html5lib/filters/sanitizer.py b/html5lib/filters/sanitizer.py
index e852f53b..70ef9066 100644
--- a/html5lib/filters/sanitizer.py
+++ b/html5lib/filters/sanitizer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+"""Deprecated from html5lib 1.1.
+
+See `here <https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/443>`_ for
+information about its deprecation; `Bleach <https://github.com/mozilla/bleach>`_
+is recommended as a replacement. Please let us know in the aforementioned issue
+if Bleach is unsuitable for your needs.
+
+"""
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, unicode_literals
 
 import re
+import warnings
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, unescape
 
 from six.moves import urllib_parse as urlparse
@@ -11,6 +20,14 @@
 __all__ = ["Filter"]
 
 
+_deprecation_msg = (
+    "html5lib's sanitizer is deprecated; see " +
+    "https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/443 and please let " +
+    "us know if Bleach is unsuitable for your needs"
+)
+
+warnings.warn(_deprecation_msg, DeprecationWarning)
+
 allowed_elements = frozenset((
     (namespaces['html'], 'a'),
     (namespaces['html'], 'abbr'),
@@ -750,6 +767,9 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         """
         super(Filter, self).__init__(source)
+
+        warnings.warn(_deprecation_msg, DeprecationWarning)
+
         self.allowed_elements = allowed_elements
         self.allowed_attributes = allowed_attributes
         self.allowed_css_properties = allowed_css_properties
diff --git a/html5lib/tests/sanitizer.py b/html5lib/tests/sanitizer.py
index 93882ec4..bb483421 100644
--- a/html5lib/tests/sanitizer.py
+++ b/html5lib/tests/sanitizer.py
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ def runtest(self):
         expected = self.test["output"]
 
         parsed = parseFragment(input)
-        serialized = serialize(parsed,
-                               sanitize=True,
-                               omit_optional_tags=False,
-                               use_trailing_solidus=True,
-                               space_before_trailing_solidus=False,
-                               quote_attr_values="always",
-                               quote_char="'",
-                               alphabetical_attributes=True)
+        with pytest.deprecated_call():
+            serialized = serialize(parsed,
+                                   sanitize=True,
+                                   omit_optional_tags=False,
+                                   use_trailing_solidus=True,
+                                   space_before_trailing_solidus=False,
+                                   quote_attr_values="always",
+                                   quote_char="'",
+                                   alphabetical_attributes=True)
         errorMsg = "\n".join(["\n\nInput:", input,
                               "\nExpected:", expected,
                               "\nReceived:", serialized])
diff --git a/html5lib/tests/test_sanitizer.py b/html5lib/tests/test_sanitizer.py
index 9a8e7f2d..f3faeb80 100644
--- a/html5lib/tests/test_sanitizer.py
+++ b/html5lib/tests/test_sanitizer.py
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@
 
 def sanitize_html(stream):
     parsed = parseFragment(stream)
-    serialized = serialize(parsed,
-                           sanitize=True,
-                           omit_optional_tags=False,
-                           use_trailing_solidus=True,
-                           space_before_trailing_solidus=False,
-                           quote_attr_values="always",
-                           quote_char='"',
-                           alphabetical_attributes=True)
+    with pytest.deprecated_call():
+        serialized = serialize(parsed,
+                               sanitize=True,
+                               omit_optional_tags=False,
+                               use_trailing_solidus=True,
+                               space_before_trailing_solidus=False,
+                               quote_attr_values="always",
+                               quote_char='"',
+                               alphabetical_attributes=True)
     return serialized