diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/flags.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/flags.go
index f951ee92257..f9bde6a6f70 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/flags.go
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ func (s *ContainerRuntimeOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	// Rkt-specific settings.
 	fs.StringVar(&s.RktPath, "rkt-path", s.RktPath, "Path of rkt binary. Leave empty to use the first rkt in $PATH.  Only used if --container-runtime='rkt'.")
+	fs.MarkDeprecated("rkt-path", "will be removed in a future version. Rktnetes has been deprecated in favor of rktlet (https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/rktlet).")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.RktAPIEndpoint, "rkt-api-endpoint", s.RktAPIEndpoint, "The endpoint of the rkt API service to communicate with. Only used if --container-runtime='rkt'.")
+	fs.MarkDeprecated("rkt-api-endpoint", "will be removed in a future version. Rktnetes has been deprecated in favor of rktlet (https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/rktlet).")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.RktStage1Image, "rkt-stage1-image", s.RktStage1Image, "image to use as stage1. Local paths and http/https URLs are supported. If empty, the 'stage1.aci' in the same directory as '--rkt-path' will be used.")
-	fs.MarkDeprecated("rkt-stage1-image", "Will be removed in a future version. The default stage1 image will be specified by the rkt configurations, see https://github.com/coreos/rkt/blob/master/Documentation/configuration.md for more details.")
-
+	fs.MarkDeprecated("rkt-stage1-image", "will be removed in a future version. Rktnetes has been deprecated in favor of rktlet (https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/rktlet).")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index e71ae01e744..f6ae638db2f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	var nl *NoOpLegacyHost
 	pluginSettings.LegacyRuntimeHost = nl
 
+	if containerRuntime == kubetypes.RktContainerRuntime {
+		glog.Warningln("rktnetes has been deprecated in favor of rktlet. Please see https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/rktlet for more information.")
+	}
+
 	// rktnetes cannot be run with CRI.
 	if containerRuntime != kubetypes.RktContainerRuntime {
 		// kubelet defers to the runtime shim to setup networking. Setting