diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ tags_paterns = OrderedDict((
              '<div class="metatag" tag="lang">\\2</div>')),
 
     ('see', (re.compile(r'\[see\ \=\&gt;\ *([a-zA-Z0-9\/\=\?\&amp;\ \:\/\.\-]*)\]'),
-            '<div class="metatag" tag="see">see =&gt; \\1 </div>')),
+            '<div class="metatag" tag="see">see: \\1 </div>')),
 
     ('url', (re.compile(r'\[url\ \=\&gt;\ \[([a-zA-Z0-9\ \.\-\_]+)\]\((.*?)\)\]'),
             '<div class="metatag" tag="url"> <a href="\\2">\\1</a> </div>')),
@@ -942,9 +942,9 @@ tags_paterns = OrderedDict((
                 '<div class="metatag" tag="license"><a href="http:\/\/www.opensource.org/licenses/\\1">\\1</a></div>')),
 
     ('ref', (re.compile(r'\[(requires|recommends|conflicts|base)\ \=\&gt;\ *([a-zA-Z0-9\-\/]*)\]'),
-            '<div class="metatag" tag="ref \\1">\\1 =&gt; <a href="/\\2">\\2</a></div>')),
+            '<div class="metatag" tag="ref \\1">\\1: <a href="/\\2">\\2</a></div>')),
 
-    ('state', (re.compile(r'\[(stable|featured|stale|dead|dev)\]'),
+    ('state', (re.compile(r'\[(stable|featured|stale|dead|dev|deprecated)\]'),
               '<div class="metatag" tag="state \\1">\\1</div>')),
 
     # label in grey
diff --git a/rhodecode/public/css/tags.less b/rhodecode/public/css/tags.less
--- a/rhodecode/public/css/tags.less
+++ b/rhodecode/public/css/tags.less
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 [tag="ref requires"] { &:extend(.tag3); }
 
 [tag="state dead"] { &:extend(.tag4); }
+[tag="state deprecated"] { &:extend(.tag4); }
 
 [tag="ref conflicts"] { &:extend(.tag4); }
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.mako b/rhodecode/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.mako
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                 ('state','[featured]'),
                 ('state','[dev]'),
                 ('state','[dead]'),
+                ('state','[deprecated]'),
 
                 ('label','[personal]'),
                 ('generic','[v2.0.0]'),
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ def test_metatag_extraction(sample, expe
     (('license', '[license =&gt; MIT]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="license"><a href="http:\/\/www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT">MIT</a></div>'),
     (('license', '[license =&gt; AGPLv3]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="license"><a href="http:\/\/www.opensource.org/licenses/AGPLv3">AGPLv3</a></div>'),
 
-    (('ref', '[requires =&gt; RepoName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref requires">requires =&gt; <a href="/RepoName">RepoName</a></div>'),
-    (('ref', '[recommends =&gt; GroupName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref recommends">recommends =&gt; <a href="/GroupName">GroupName</a></div>'),
-    (('ref', '[conflicts =&gt; SomeName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref conflicts">conflicts =&gt; <a href="/SomeName">SomeName</a></div>'),
-    (('ref', '[base =&gt; SomeName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref base">base =&gt; <a href="/SomeName">SomeName</a></div>'),
+    (('ref', '[requires =&gt; RepoName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref requires">requires: <a href="/RepoName">RepoName</a></div>'),
+    (('ref', '[recommends =&gt; GroupName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref recommends">recommends: <a href="/GroupName">GroupName</a></div>'),
+    (('ref', '[conflicts =&gt; SomeName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref conflicts">conflicts: <a href="/SomeName">SomeName</a></div>'),
+    (('ref', '[base =&gt; SomeName]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="ref base">base: <a href="/SomeName">SomeName</a></div>'),
 
-    (('see', '[see =&gt; http://rhodecode.com]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="see">see =&gt; http://rhodecode.com </div>'),
+    (('see', '[see =&gt; http://rhodecode.com]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="see">see: http://rhodecode.com </div>'),
 
     (('url', '[url =&gt; [linkName](https://rhodecode.com)]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="url"> <a href="https://rhodecode.com">linkName</a> </div>'),
     (('url', '[url =&gt; [example link](https://rhodecode.com)]'), '<div class="metatag" tag="url"> <a href="https://rhodecode.com">example link</a> </div>'),