diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index e15f1052c6b..ec5f7ba5b78 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ func NewServerRunOptions() *ServerRunOptions {
 		},
 		ServiceNodePortRange: kubeoptions.DefaultServiceNodePortRange,
 	}
-	s.ServiceClusterIPRanges = kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR.String()
 
 	// Overwrite the default for storage data format.
 	s.Etcd.DefaultStorageMediaType = "application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf"
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
index d41d284aaf6..2c8c2df5d4e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
@@ -112,13 +112,14 @@ func TestAddFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		"--proxy-client-key-file=/var/run/kubernetes/proxy.key",
 		"--request-timeout=2m",
 		"--storage-backend=etcd3",
+		"--service-cluster-ip-range=192.168.128.0/17",
 	}
 	fs.Parse(args)
 
 	// This is a snapshot of expected options parsed by args.
 	expected := &ServerRunOptions{
 		ServiceNodePortRange:   kubeoptions.DefaultServiceNodePortRange,
-		ServiceClusterIPRanges: kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR.String(),
+		ServiceClusterIPRanges: (&net.IPNet{IP: net.ParseIP("192.168.128.0"), Mask: net.CIDRMask(17, 32)}).String(),
 		MasterCount:            5,
 		EndpointReconcilerType: string(reconcilers.LeaseEndpointReconcilerType),
 		AllowPrivileged:        false,
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
index b5fdb06f5b9..22da02ec911 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func CreateKubeAPIServerConfig(
 		PerConnectionBandwidthLimitBytesPerSec: s.MaxConnectionBytesPerSec,
 	})
 
-	serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, lastErr := master.DefaultServiceIPRange(s.PrimaryServiceClusterIPRange)
+	serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, lastErr := master.ServiceIPRange(s.PrimaryServiceClusterIPRange)
 	if lastErr != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func CreateKubeAPIServerConfig(
 	var secondaryServiceIPRange net.IPNet
 	// process secondary range only if provided by user
 	if s.SecondaryServiceClusterIPRange.IP != nil {
-		secondaryServiceIPRange, _, lastErr = master.DefaultServiceIPRange(s.SecondaryServiceClusterIPRange)
+		secondaryServiceIPRange, _, lastErr = master.ServiceIPRange(s.SecondaryServiceClusterIPRange)
 		if lastErr != nil {
 			return
 		}
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func Complete(s *options.ServerRunOptions) (completedServerRunOptions, error) {
 	// nothing provided by user, use default range (only applies to the Primary)
 	if len(serviceClusterIPRangeList) == 0 {
 		var primaryServiceClusterCIDR net.IPNet
-		serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err = master.DefaultServiceIPRange(primaryServiceClusterCIDR)
+		serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err = master.ServiceIPRange(primaryServiceClusterCIDR)
 		if err != nil {
 			return options, fmt.Errorf("error determining service IP ranges: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func Complete(s *options.ServerRunOptions) (completedServerRunOptions, error) {
 			return options, fmt.Errorf("service-cluster-ip-range[0] is not a valid cidr")
 		}
 
-		serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err = master.DefaultServiceIPRange(*(primaryServiceClusterCIDR))
+		serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err = master.ServiceIPRange(*(primaryServiceClusterCIDR))
 		if err != nil {
 			return options, fmt.Errorf("error determining service IP ranges for primary service cidr: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/master/master.go b/pkg/master/master.go
index 54abbfbe6ee..6703bcd604e 100644
--- a/pkg/master/master.go
+++ b/pkg/master/master.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) Complete() CompletedConfig {
 		&cfg.ExtraConfig,
 	}
 
-	serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err := DefaultServiceIPRange(c.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange)
+	serviceIPRange, apiServerServiceIP, err := ServiceIPRange(c.ExtraConfig.ServiceIPRange)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Error determining service IP ranges: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/master/services.go b/pkg/master/services.go
index dbd06191023..80c640ed8ac 100644
--- a/pkg/master/services.go
+++ b/pkg/master/services.go
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator"
 )
 
-// DefaultServiceIPRange takes a the serviceIPRange flag and returns the defaulted service ip range (if  needed),
-// api server service IP, and an error
-func DefaultServiceIPRange(passedServiceClusterIPRange net.IPNet) (net.IPNet, net.IP, error) {
+// ServiceIPRange checks if the serviceClusterIPRange flag is nil, raising a warning if so and
+// setting service ip range to the default value in kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR
+// for now until the default is removed per the deprecation timeline guidelines.
+// Returns service ip range, api server service IP, and an error
+func ServiceIPRange(passedServiceClusterIPRange net.IPNet) (net.IPNet, net.IP, error) {
 	serviceClusterIPRange := passedServiceClusterIPRange
 	if passedServiceClusterIPRange.IP == nil {
-		klog.Infof("Network range for service cluster IPs is unspecified. Defaulting to %v.", kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR)
+		klog.Warningf("No CIDR for service cluster IPs specified. Default value which was %s is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. Please specify it using --service-cluster-ip-range on kube-apiserver.", kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR.String())
 		serviceClusterIPRange = kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR
 	}
 	if size := ipallocator.RangeSize(&serviceClusterIPRange); size < 8 {