diff --git a/etc/glance-api.conf b/etc/glance-api.conf
index fa2b19596a..1b450eb86a 100644
--- a/etc/glance-api.conf
+++ b/etc/glance-api.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # From glance.api
 #
 
-#
+# DEPRECATED:
 # Set the image owner to tenant or the authenticated user.
 #
 # Assign a boolean value to determine the owner of an image. When set to
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
 #     * None
 #
 #  (boolean value)
+# This option is deprecated for removal since Rocky.
+# Its value may be silently ignored in the future.
+# Reason:
+# The non-default setting for this option misaligns Glance with other
+# OpenStack services with respect to resource ownership.  Further, surveys
+# indicate that this option is not used by operators.  The option will be
+# removed early in the 'S' development cycle following the standard OpenStack
+# deprecation policy.  As the option is not in wide use, no migration path is
+# proposed.
 #owner_is_tenant = true
 
 #
@@ -795,7 +804,10 @@
 #
 # Provide a non-negative integer value to set the number of child
 # process workers to service requests. By default, the number of CPUs
-# available is set as the value for ``workers``.
+# available is set as the value for ``workers`` limited to 8. For
+# example if the processor count is 6, 6 workers will be used, if the
+# processor count is 24 only 8 workers will be used. The limit will only
+# apply to the default value, if 24 workers is configured, 24 is used.
 #
 # Each worker process is made to listen on the port set in the
 # configuration file and contains a greenthread pool of size 1000.
diff --git a/glance/api/middleware/context.py b/glance/api/middleware/context.py
index ef60da6269..9ed4fe644b 100644
--- a/glance/api/middleware/context.py
+++ b/glance/api/middleware/context.py
@@ -25,7 +25,18 @@ from glance.i18n import _, _LW
 
 
 context_opts = [
-    cfg.BoolOpt('owner_is_tenant', default=True,
+    cfg.BoolOpt('owner_is_tenant',
+                default=True,
+                deprecated_for_removal=True,
+                deprecated_since="Rocky",
+                deprecated_reason=_("""
+The non-default setting for this option misaligns Glance with other
+OpenStack services with respect to resource ownership.  Further, surveys
+indicate that this option is not used by operators.  The option will be
+removed early in the 'S' development cycle following the standard OpenStack
+deprecation policy.  As the option is not in wide use, no migration path is
+proposed.
+"""),
                 help=_("""
 Set the image owner to tenant or the authenticated user.
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-owner_is_tenant-ec8ea36a3f7e9268.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-owner_is_tenant-ec8ea36a3f7e9268.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d12deec4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-owner_is_tenant-ec8ea36a3f7e9268.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The Glance API configuration option ``owner_is_tenant`` is deprecated
+    in this release and is subject to removal at the beginning of the 'S'
+    development cycle, following the `OpenStack standard deprecation policy
+    <https://governance.openstack.org/reference/tags/assert_follows-standard-deprecation.html>`_.