diff --git a/btrfs-show.c b/btrfs-show.c
index c49626ce..8210fd2c 100644
--- a/btrfs-show.c
+++ b/btrfs-show.c
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	int ret;
 	int option_index = 0;
 
+	printf( "**\n"
+		"** WARNING: this program is considered deprecated\n"
+		"** Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility\n"
+		"**\n");
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfs-vol.c b/btrfs-vol.c
index f573023a..0efdbc11 100644
--- a/btrfs-vol.c
+++ b/btrfs-vol.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args args;
 	u64 dev_block_count = 0;
 
+	printf( "**\n"
+		"** WARNING: this program is considered deprecated\n"
+		"** Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility\n"
+		"**\n");
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "a:br:", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfsctl.c b/btrfsctl.c
index adfa519b..73e20ec1 100644
--- a/btrfsctl.c
+++ b/btrfsctl.c
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	char *fullpath;
 	u64 objectid = 0;
 
+	printf( "**\n"
+		"** WARNING: this program is considered deprecated\n"
+		"** Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility\n"
+		"**\n");
+	
 	if (ac == 2 && strcmp(av[1], "-a") == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Scanning for Btrfs filesystems\n");
 		btrfs_scan_one_dir("/dev", 1);
diff --git a/man/btrfs-show.8.in b/man/btrfs-show.8.in
index dd0b147f..cb98b683 100644
--- a/man/btrfs-show.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfs-show.8.in
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 btrfs-show \- scan the /dev directory for btrfs partitions and print results.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B btrfs-show
+.SH NOTE
+.B btrfs-show
+is deprecated. Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility.	
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B btrfs-show
 is used to scan the /dev directory for btrfs partitions and display brief
diff --git a/man/btrfsctl.8.in b/man/btrfsctl.8.in
index c2d44889..8705fa60 100644
--- a/man/btrfsctl.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfsctl.8.in
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ btrfsctl \- control a btrfs filesystem
 [ \fB \-A\fP\fI device\fP ]
 [ \fB \-a\fP ]
 [ \fB \-c\fP ]
+.SH NOTE
+B btrfsctl
+is deprecated. Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B btrfsctl
 is used to control the filesystem and the files and directories stored. It is the tool to create a new snapshot for the filesystem.