diff --git a/system/helpers/html_helper.php b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
index 8246cbd..e229d79 100644
--- a/system/helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Generates HTML BR tags based on number supplied
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated	3.0.0	Use str_repeat() instead
 	 * @param	int	$count	Number of times to repeat the tag
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Generates non-breaking space entities based on number supplied
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated	3.0.0	Use str_repeat() instead
 	 * @param	int
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 6663a7d..bef872f 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
 
       - Added more doctypes.
       - Changed application and environment config files to be loaded in a cascade-like manner.
-      - The doctypes array is now cached and loaded only once.
+      - Changed :func:`doctype()` to cache and only load once the doctypes array.
+      - Deprecated functions ``nbs()`` and ``br()``, which are just aliases for the native ``str_repeat()`` with ``&nbsp;`` and ``<br />`` respectively.
 
    -  :doc:`Inflector Helper <helpers/inflector_helper>` changes include:
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/html_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/html_helper.rst
index 3324da8..ff387be 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/html_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/html_helper.rst
@@ -25,23 +25,6 @@
 The following functions are available:
 
 
-.. function:: br([$count = 1])
-
-	:param	int	$count: Number of times to repeat the tag
-	:returns:	HTML line break tag
-	:rtype:	string
-
-	Generates line break tags (<br />) based on the number you submit.
-	Example::
-
-		echo br(3);
-
-	The above would produce:
-
-	.. code-block:: html
-
-		<br /><br /><br />
-
 .. function:: heading([$data = ''[, $h = '1'[, $attributes = '']]])
 
 	:param	string	$data: Content
@@ -151,23 +134,6 @@
 		echo link_tag($link);
 		// <link href="http://site.com/css/printer.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" />
 
-.. function:: nbs([$num = 1])
-
-	:param	int	$num: Number of space entities to produce
-	:returns:	A sequence of non-breaking space HTML entities
-	:rtype:	string
-
-	Generates non-breaking spaces (&nbsp;) based on the number you submit.
-	Example::
-
-		echo nbs(3);
-
-	The above would produce:
-
-	.. code-block:: html
-
-		&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-
 
 .. function:: ul($list[, $attributes = ''])
 
@@ -395,4 +361,44 @@
 	XHTML+MathML+SVG (SVG host)     xhtml-math-svg-sh   <!DOCTYPE svg:svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1 plus MathML 2.0 plus SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xhtml-math-svg/xhtml-math-svg.dtd">
 	XHTML+RDFa 1.0                  xhtml-rdfa-1        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd">
 	XHTML+RDFa 1.1                  xhtml-rdfa-2        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-2.dtd">
-	=============================== =================== ==================================================================================================================================================
\ No newline at end of file
+	=============================== =================== ==================================================================================================================================================
+
+.. function:: br([$count = 1])
+
+	:param	int	$count: Number of times to repeat the tag
+	:returns:	HTML line break tag
+	:rtype:	string
+
+	Generates line break tags (<br />) based on the number you submit.
+	Example::
+
+		echo br(3);
+
+	The above would produce:
+
+	.. code-block:: html
+
+		<br /><br /><br />
+
+	.. note:: This function is DEPRECATED. Use the native ``str_repeat()``
+		in combination with ``<br />`` instead.
+
+.. function:: nbs([$num = 1])
+
+	:param	int	$num: Number of space entities to produce
+	:returns:	A sequence of non-breaking space HTML entities
+	:rtype:	string
+
+	Generates non-breaking spaces (&nbsp;) based on the number you submit.
+	Example::
+
+		echo nbs(3);
+
+	The above would produce:
+
+	.. code-block:: html
+
+		&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+
+	.. note:: This function is DEPRECATED. Use the native ``str_repeat()``
+		in combination with ``&nbsp;`` instead.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst
index 59df7c3..6915faf 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst
@@ -450,6 +450,18 @@
 .. note:: This function is still available, but you're strongly encouraged to remove its usage sooner
 	rather than later as it is scheduled for removal in CodeIgniter 3.1+.
 
+HTML helpers nbs(), br()
+========================
+
+:doc:`HTML Helper <../helpers/html_helper>` functions ``nbs()`` and ``br()`` are just aliases
+for the native ``str_repeat()`` function used with ``&nbsp;`` and ``<br >`` respectively.
+
+Because there's no point in just aliasing native PHP functions, they are now deprecated and
+scheduled for removal in CodeIgniter 3.1+.
+
+.. note:: These functions are still available, but you're strongly encouraged to remove their usage
+	sooner rather than later.
+
 Pagination library 'anchor_class' setting
 =========================================