diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 28ca76a2..85c3129e 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
  :aliases {;; we use babashka/neil for project attributes
            ;; publish workflow references these values (and automatically bumps patch component of version)
-           :neil {:project {:version "1.1.49" ;; describes last release and is template for next release
+           :neil {:project {:version "1.2.49" ;; describes last release and is template for next release
                             :name rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj
                             ;; not neilisms - could potentially conflict with new neilisms
                             :github-coords clj-commons/rewrite-clj}}
diff --git a/doc/01-user-guide.adoc b/doc/01-user-guide.adoc
index e4001adf..264385cb 100644
--- a/doc/01-user-guide.adoc
+++ b/doc/01-user-guide.adoc
@@ -688,7 +688,9 @@ Finally, there are a handful of node whitespace creation convenience functions s
 === Paredit API
 Structured editing was introduce by rewrite-cljs and carried over to rewrite-clj v1.
 
-We might expand this section if there is interest, but the docstrings should get you started.
+We have plans to expand this section but the docstrings should get you started.
+
+WARNING: The paredit API is experimental, under development, and subject to change.
 
 See link:{cljdoc-api-url}/rewrite-clj.paredit[current paredit API docs].
 
diff --git a/doc/design/namespaced-elements.adoc b/doc/design/namespaced-elements.adoc
index 5931d53c..242a4350 100644
--- a/doc/design/namespaced-elements.adoc
+++ b/doc/design/namespaced-elements.adoc
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ Previously the prefix was stored as a keyword.
 This should return `true` for any source we throw at rewrite-clj v1:
 +
 
-// {:test-doc-blocks/reader-cond :clj}
+// GitHub has started rate limiting and returning 429s for githubusercontent.
+// This code block is covered by unit tests, so will have test-doc-blocks skip it.
+// :test-doc-blocks/skip
 [source,Clojure]
 ----
 (require '[rewrite-clj.zip :as z])
diff --git a/src/rewrite_clj/paredit.cljc b/src/rewrite_clj/paredit.cljc
index 543b52a4..f963f94d 100644
--- a/src/rewrite_clj/paredit.cljc
+++ b/src/rewrite_clj/paredit.cljc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 (ns rewrite-clj.paredit
   "Paredit zipper operations for Clojure/ClojureScript/EDN.
 
+  > [!WARNING]
+  > This API is experimental, under development, and subject to change.
+
   You might find inspiration from examples here: https://pub.gajendra.net/src/paredit-refcard.pdf"
   (:require [clojure.string :as str]
             [rewrite-clj.custom-zipper.core :as zraw]
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@
              (z/append-child (z/node slurpee-loc))             ;; slurp in slurpee
              (nav-via route)))))))
 
-(defn ^{:deprecated "1.1.49"} slurp-forward
+(defn ^{:deprecated "1.2.50"} slurp-forward
   "DEPRECATED: we recommend [[slurp-forward-into]] instead for more control.
 
   Return `zloc` with node to the right of nearest eligible sequence slurped into that sequence else `zloc` unchanged.
@@ -415,7 +418,7 @@
               (take (inc n-slurps))
               last))))))
 
-(defn ^{:deprecated "1.1.49"} slurp-forward-fully
+(defn ^{:deprecated "1.2.50"} slurp-forward-fully
   "DEPRECATED: We recommend [[slurp-forward-fully-into]]] for more control.
 
   Return `zloc` with all right sibling nodes of nearest eligible sequence slurped into that sequence else `zloc` unchanged.
@@ -478,7 +481,7 @@
              (z/insert-child (z/node slurpee-loc))
              (nav-via route)))))))
 
-(defn ^{:deprecated "1.1.49"} slurp-backward
+(defn ^{:deprecated "1.2.50"} slurp-backward
   "DEPRECATED: we recommend [[slurp-backward-into]] for more control.
 
   Returns `zloc` with node to the left of nearest eligible sequence slurped into that sequence else `zloc` unchanged.
@@ -543,7 +546,7 @@
               (take (inc n-slurps))
               last))))))
 
-(defn ^{:deprecated "1.1.49"} slurp-backward-fully
+(defn ^{:deprecated "1.2.50"} slurp-backward-fully
   "DEPRECATED: We recommend instead [[slurp-backward-fully-into]] for more control.
 
   Returns `zloc` with all left sibling nodes of nearest eligible sequnece slurped into that sequence else `zloc`.