diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/record_flags.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/record_flags.go
index 095a7b519e3..a5f307de56c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/record_flags.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/record_flags.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ func (f *RecordFlags) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	if f.Record != nil {
 		cmd.Flags().BoolVar(f.Record, "record", *f.Record, "Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation. If set to false, do not record the command. If set to true, record the command. If not set, default to updating the existing annotation value only if one already exists.")
+		cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("record", "--record will be removed in the future")
 	}
 }