diff --git a/contrib/binutils/gas/as.c b/contrib/binutils/gas/as.c
index b05f9d514a30..feaa7fb95136 100644
--- a/contrib/binutils/gas/as.c
+++ b/contrib/binutils/gas/as.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ main (int argc, char ** argv)
   expandargv (&argc, &argv);
 
   START_PROGRESS (myname, 0);
+  fprintf (stderr, _("warning: as 2.17.50 is deprecated in FreeBSD and will be removed\n"));
 
 #ifndef OBJ_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME
 #define OBJ_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME "a.out"