diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_others.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_others.go
index 283dc2bef43..dab940ffc98 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_others.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_others.go
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ func newProxyServer(
 		proxymetrics.RegisterMetrics()
 	} else {
 		klog.V(0).InfoS("Using userspace Proxier")
+		klog.V(0).InfoS("The userspace proxier is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release, please use 'iptables' or 'ipvs' instead")
 
 		// TODO this has side effects that should only happen when Run() is invoked.
 		proxier, err = userspace.NewProxier(
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_windows.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_windows.go
index 4edb79b31b2..c3b18c8fd19 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server_windows.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func newProxyServer(config *proxyconfigapi.KubeProxyConfiguration, cleanupAndExi
 		}
 	} else {
 		klog.V(0).InfoS("Using userspace Proxier.")
+		klog.V(0).InfoS("The userspace proxier is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release, please use 'kernelspace' instead")
 		execer := exec.New()
 		var netshInterface utilnetsh.Interface
 		netshInterface = utilnetsh.New(execer)