diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 078e3d174ec..646521a30b3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ 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,