diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7667a84fc..f227ad3244 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ For `bdev_raid_create` RPC, the deprecated parameter `strip_size` was removed.
 New RPC `bdev_nvme_get_transport_statistics` was added, it allows to get transport statistics
 of nvme poll groups.
 
+Parameter `enable-zerocopy-send` of RPC `sock_impl_set_options` is deprecated and will be removed in SPDK 21.07,
+use `enable-zerocopy-send-server` or `enable-zerocopy-send-client` instead.
+Parameter `disable-zerocopy-send` of RPC `sock_impl_set_options` is deprecated and will be removed in SPDK 21.07,
+use `disable-zerocopy-send-server` or `disable-zerocopy-send-client` instead.
+
 ### rpm
 
 Added support for new RPM spec, rpmbuild/spdk.spec, which can be used for packaging the
diff --git a/deprecation.md b/deprecation.md
index af5e595d8a..6917103999 100644
--- a/deprecation.md
+++ b/deprecation.md
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ The following APIs have been deprecated and will be removed in SPDK 21.07:
 - `poll_group_free_stat` (transport op in `nvmf_transport.h`).
 Please use `spdk_nvmf_poll_group_dump_stat` and `poll_group_dump_stat` instead.
 
+## rpc
+
+Parameter `enable-zerocopy-send` of RPC `sock_impl_set_options` is deprecated and will be removed in SPDK 21.07,
+use `enable-zerocopy-send-server` or `enable-zerocopy-send-client` instead.
+Parameter `disable-zerocopy-send` of RPC `sock_impl_set_options` is deprecated and will be removed in SPDK 21.07,
+use `disable-zerocopy-send-server` or `disable-zerocopy-send-client` instead.
+
 ## rpm
 
 `pkg/spdk.spec` is considered to be deprecated and scheduled for removal in SPDK 21.07.
diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 2833a0125f..e5e4d748a4 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -8612,7 +8612,7 @@ impl_name                   | Required | string      | Name of socket implementa
 recv_buf_size               | Optional | number      | Size of socket receive buffer in bytes
 send_buf_size               | Optional | number      | Size of socket send buffer in bytes
 enable_recv_pipe            | Optional | boolean     | Enable or disable receive pipe
-enable_zerocopy_send        | Optional | boolean     | Enable or disable zero copy on send for client and server sockets
+enable_zerocopy_send        | Optional | boolean     | Deprecated. Enable or disable zero copy on send for client and server sockets
 enable_quick_ack            | Optional | boolean     | Enable or disable quick ACK
 enable_placement_id         | Optional | number      | Enable or disable placement_id. 0:disable,1:incoming_napi,2:incoming_cpu
 enable_zerocopy_send_server | Optional | boolean     | Enable or disable zero copy on send for server sockets
diff --git a/include/spdk/sock.h b/include/spdk/sock.h
index 1fcecf93ec..6336c167f4 100644
--- a/include/spdk/sock.h
+++ b/include/spdk/sock.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct spdk_sock_impl_opts {
 	bool enable_recv_pipe;
 
 	/**
+	 * **Deprecated, please use enable_zerocopy_send_server or enable_zerocopy_send_client instead**
 	 * Enable or disable use of zero copy flow on send. Used by posix socket module.
 	 */
 	bool enable_zerocopy_send;
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 7fecc53885..f60863cb07 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2619,9 +2619,11 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
                    action='store_true', dest='enable_recv_pipe')
     p.add_argument('--disable-recv-pipe', help='Disable receive pipe',
                    action='store_false', dest='enable_recv_pipe')
-    p.add_argument('--enable-zerocopy-send', help='Enable zerocopy on send',
+    p.add_argument('--enable-zerocopy-send', help="""Enable zerocopy on send
+    (Deprecated, use enable-zerocopy-send-server or enable-zerocopy-send-client)""",
                    action='store_true', dest='enable_zerocopy_send')
-    p.add_argument('--disable-zerocopy-send', help='Disable zerocopy on send',
+    p.add_argument('--disable-zerocopy-send', help="""Enable zerocopy on send
+    (Deprecated, use disable-zerocopy-send-server or disable-zerocopy-send-client)""",
                    action='store_false', dest='enable_zerocopy_send')
     p.add_argument('--enable-quickack', help='Enable quick ACK',
                    action='store_true', dest='enable_quickack')
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/sock.py b/scripts/rpc/sock.py
index 450822069f..cd1c428878 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/sock.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/sock.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def sock_impl_set_options(client,
         recv_buf_size: size of socket receive buffer in bytes (optional)
         send_buf_size: size of socket send buffer in bytes (optional)
         enable_recv_pipe: enable or disable receive pipe (optional)
-        enable_zerocopy_send: enable or disable zerocopy on send (optional)
+        enable_zerocopy_send: (Deprecated) enable or disable zerocopy on send (optional)
         enable_quickack: enable or disable quickack (optional)
         enable_placement_id: option for placement_id. 0:disable,1:incoming_napi,2:incoming_cpu (optional)
         enable_zerocopy_send_server: enable or disable zerocopy on send for server sockets(optional)
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def sock_impl_set_options(client,
     if enable_recv_pipe is not None:
         params['enable_recv_pipe'] = enable_recv_pipe
     if enable_zerocopy_send is not None:
+        print("WARNING: enable_zerocopy_send is deprecated, please use enable_zerocopy_send_server or enable_zerocopy_send_client.")
         params['enable_zerocopy_send'] = enable_zerocopy_send
     if enable_quickack is not None:
         params['enable_quickack'] = enable_quickack