diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 29b84725e5d..36188ebb8ef 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ func PreInitRuntimeService(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 
 	switch containerRuntime {
 	case kubetypes.DockerContainerRuntime:
+		klog.Warningf("Using dockershim is deprecated, please consider using a full-fledged CRI implementation")
 		if err := runDockershim(
 			kubeCfg,
 			kubeDeps,