diff --git a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/cloudprovider.go b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/cloudprovider.go
index f1e59976242..310acb592ce 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/kubeapiserver/options/cloudprovider.go
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ func (s *CloudProviderOptions) DefaultExternalHost(genericoptions *genericoption
 			for _, addr := range addrs {
 				if addr.Type == v1.NodeExternalIP {
 					genericoptions.ExternalHost = addr.Address
+					glog.Warning("[Deprecated] Getting host address using cloud provider is " +
+						"now deprecated. Please use --external-hostname explicitly")
 				}
 			}
 		}