diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 602228f..d1d0368 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${COWRIEDIR}
 #Change the below to -n to disable daemonizing (for instance when using supervisor)
 DAEMONIZE=""
 
+echo
+echo 'WARNING: start.sh is deprecated and will be removed in the future.'
+echo 'WARNING: you can start cowrie with "bin/cowrie start"'
+echo
+
 set -e
 cd ${COWRIEDIR}
 
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
index 64b3ac6..ff098b5 100755
--- a/stop.sh
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 PIDFILE=var/run/cowrie.pid
 
+echo
+echo 'WARNING: stop.sh is deprecated and will be removed in the future.'
+echo 'WARNING: you can start cowrie with "bin/cowrie stop"'
+echo
+
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
 PID=$(cat ${PIDFILE} 2>/dev/null)