diff --git a/scripts/gensync.sh.in b/scripts/gensync.sh.in
index 04f80022..eb1ef3a6 100644
--- a/scripts/gensync.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/gensync.sh.in
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ usage() {
 	printf "gensync (pacman) %s\n\n" "$myver"
 	printf "$(gettext "Usage: %s <root> <destfile> [package_directory]")\n\n" "$0"
 	printf "$(gettext "\
+NOTE: this script is DEPRECATED. It will be removed in the next major\n\
+release of pacman, so please use repo-add and repo-remove instead.\n\n")"
+	printf "$(gettext "\
 gensync will generate a sync database by reading all PKGBUILD files\n\
 from <root>. gensync builds the database in a temporary directory\n\
 and then compresses it to <destfile>.\n\n")"
@@ -116,6 +119,10 @@ fi
 
 [ ! -d "$rootdir" ] && die "$(gettext "invalid root dir: %s")" $rootdir
 
+printf "$(gettext "\
+NOTE: this script is DEPRECATED. It will be removed in the next major\n\
+release of pacman, so please use repo-add and repo-remove instead.\n\n")"
+
 echo "$(gettext "gensync: building database entries, generating md5sums...")" >&2
 cd "$destdir"
 
diff --git a/scripts/updatesync.sh.in b/scripts/updatesync.sh.in
index c777d1f1..58ae0d56 100644
--- a/scripts/updatesync.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/updatesync.sh.in
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ usage() {
 	printf "updatesync (pacman) %s\n\n" "$myver"
 	printf "$(gettext "Usage: %s <action> <destfile> <option> [package_directory]")\n\n" "$0"
 	printf "$(gettext "\
+NOTE: this script is DEPRECATED. It will be removed in the next major\n\
+release of pacman, so please use repo-add and repo-remove instead.\n\n")"
+	printf "$(gettext "\
 updatesync will update a sync database by reading a PKGBUILD and\n\
 modifying the destfile. updatesync updates the database in a temporary\n\
 directory and then compresses it to <destfile>.\n\n")"
@@ -116,6 +119,10 @@ if [ "$4" != "" ]; then
 fi
 opt_force=""
 
+printf "$(gettext "\
+NOTE: this script is DEPRECATED. It will be removed in the next major\n\
+release of pacman, so please use repo-add and repo-remove instead.\n\n")"
+
 if [ "$action" = "upd" ]; then # INSERT / UPDATE
 	if [ ! -f "$option" ]; then
 		die "$(gettext "%s not found")" $option