List deprecated load_* functions in a separate table
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ Miscellaneous
Datasets
--------
-PyGMT provides access to GMT's datasets through the :mod:`pygmt.datasets` package.
+PyGMT provides access to GMT's datasets through the :mod:`pygmt.datasets` module.
These functions will download the datasets automatically the first time they are used
-and store them in the GMT cache folder.
+and store them in GMT's user data directory.
.. autosummary::
:toctree: generated
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ and store them in the GMT cache folder.
datasets.load_earth_age
datasets.load_earth_relief
datasets.load_sample_data
+
+The following functions are deprecated since v0.6.0 and will be removed in v0.9.0.
+Use :func:`pygmt.datasets.load_sample_data` instead.
+
+.. autosummary::
+ :toctree: generated
+
datasets.load_fractures_compilation
datasets.load_hotspots
datasets.load_japan_quakes
