diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.8.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.8.rst
index d47e14537f..79fe5d387d 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.8.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.8.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ The following modules will be removed in Ansible 2.12. Please update your playbo
 
 * ``foreman`` use <https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules> instead.
 * ``katello`` use <https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules> instead.
+* ``github_hooks`` use :ref:`github_webhook <github_webhook_module>` and :ref:`github_webhook_facts <github_webhook_facts_module>` instead.
 
 
 Noteworthy module changes
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_hooks.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/_github_hooks.py
similarity index 96%
rename from lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_hooks.py
rename to lib/ansible/modules/source_control/_github_hooks.py
index df0f0f2199..fd812f9b95 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_hooks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/_github_hooks.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
-                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'status': ['deprecated'],
                     'supported_by': 'community'}
 
 
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---
 module: github_hooks
 short_description: Manages GitHub service hooks.
+deprecated:
+  removed_in: "2.12"
+  why: Replaced by more granular modules
+  alternative: Use M(github_webhook) and M(github_webhook_facts) instead.
 description:
      - Adds service hooks and removes service hooks that have an error status.
 version_added: "1.4"