diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a680c99a9..dc7df9811 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,10 +9,18 @@
 > - [Internal]
 > - [Polish]
 > - [Experimental]
+> - [Deprecation]
 
 **Note**: Gaps between patch versions are faulty/broken releases. **Note**: A feature tagged as Experimental is in a
 high state of flux, you're at risk of it changing without notice.
 
+# 1.5.0
+
+- **New Feature**
+  - add `UnknownType`, closes #238 (@gcanti)
+- **Deprecation**
+  - `ThrowReporter` is now deprecated (@gcanti)
+
 # 1.4.2
 
 use `Compact` in `intersection` signatures as a workaround for #234 (@sledorze)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab88a30e9..6794a6167 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,24 +98,17 @@ interface Reporter<A> {
 }
 ```
 
-This package exports two default reporters
-
-- `PathReporter: Reporter<Array<string>>`
-- `ThrowReporter: Reporter<void>`
+This package exports a default `PathReporter` reporter
 
 Example
 
 ```ts
 import { PathReporter } from 'io-ts/lib/PathReporter'
-import { ThrowReporter } from 'io-ts/lib/ThrowReporter'
 
 const result = Person.decode({ name: 'Giulio' })
 
 console.log(PathReporter.report(result))
 // => ['Invalid value undefined supplied to : { name: string, age: number }/age: number']
-
-ThrowReporter.report(result)
-// => throws 'Invalid value undefined supplied to : { name: string, age: number }/age: number'
 ```
 
 You can define your own reporter. `Errors` has the following type
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4dfbe7fe0..778680c34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "io-ts",
-  "version": "1.4.2",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "description": "TypeScript compatible runtime type system for IO validation",
   "files": [
     "lib"
diff --git a/src/ThrowReporter.ts b/src/ThrowReporter.ts
index 81d095ed5..b33464c50 100644
--- a/src/ThrowReporter.ts
+++ b/src/ThrowReporter.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { PathReporter } from './PathReporter'
 
 /**
  * @since 1.0.0
+ * @deprecated
  */
 export const ThrowReporter: Reporter<void> = {
   report: validation => {