diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 85d2ed90be..3581dabb30 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ at `Source`_.
 If you have some questions, or would like some assistance with achieving your
 goals, then please feel free to reach out to us on the
 `OpenStack Mailing Lists`_ (particularly openstack-discuss)
-or on IRC in ``#openstack-ansible`` on the `freenode network`_.
+or on IRC in ``#openstack-ansible`` on the `OFTC network`_.
 
 OpenStack-Ansible Roles
 #######################
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-<ROLENAME>.
 .. _Developer Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/openstack-ansible/latest/contributor/index.html
 .. _Source: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible
 .. _OpenStack Mailing Lists: http://lists.openstack.org/
-.. _freenode network: https://freenode.net/
+.. _OFTC network: https://www.oftc.net/
 .. _Role Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/project-deploy-guide/openstack-ansible/draft/configure.html#advanced-service-configuration
 
 Resources
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
index ff7fb82586..c339b70446 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ Communication
 IRC channel
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+.. warning::
+
+   The OpenStack Community will be moving the IRC network from Freenode to OFTC on May 31,
+   2021. All the current IRC channels used in The OpenStack community are registered in OFTC
+   network too. More details on how to use OFTC on various platform are coming
+   soon.
+
 The OpenStack-Ansible community communicates in the #openstack-ansible IRC
-channel hosted on freenode. This channel is logged, and its logs are published
+channel hosted on OFTC. This channel is logged, and its logs are published
 on http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-ansible/.
 
 Weekly meetings are held in our IRC channel. The schedule and
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/project-onboarding.rst b/doc/source/contributor/project-onboarding.rst
index 9b2cdf08fa..ff403fbce1 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/project-onboarding.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/project-onboarding.rst
@@ -96,8 +96,16 @@ Community communication channels
 IRC channel
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+
+.. warning::
+
+  The OpenStack Community will be moving the IRC network from Freenode to OFTC on May 31,
+  2021. All the current IRC channels used in The OpenStack community are registered in OFTC
+  network too. More details on how to use OFTC on various platform are coming
+  soon.
+
 The OpenStack-Ansible community communicates a lot through IRC, in
-the #openstack-ansible channel, on freenode. This channel is
+the #openstack-ansible channel, on OFTC. This channel is
 logged, and its logs are published on
 http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%23openstack-ansible/.