diff --git a/planet/Objects.ocd/Rules.ocd/BaseRespawn.ocd/Script.c b/planet/Objects.ocd/Rules.ocd/BaseRespawn.ocd/Script.c
index 5f92a00bf..020d9b32f 100644
--- a/planet/Objects.ocd/Rules.ocd/BaseRespawn.ocd/Script.c
+++ b/planet/Objects.ocd/Rules.ocd/BaseRespawn.ocd/Script.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 protected func Construction()
 {
+	DebugLog("WARNING: Rule_BaseRespawn is deprecated and will be removed in version 9.0, use Rule_Relaunch instead.");
 	var relaunch_rule = GetRelaunchRule();
 	relaunch_rule->SetBaseRespawn(true);
 	relaunch_rule->SetFreeCrew(false);