diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index 9abb58e6ab..be4b9a34ed 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ import re
 import StringIO
 import atexit, shutil, hashlib, urlparse, subprocess
 
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: git-remote-bzr is now maintained independently.\n')
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr\n')
+
 NAME_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+)')
 AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+?)? ?[<>]([^<>]*)(?:$|>)')
 EMAIL_RE = re.compile(r'([^ \t<>]+@[^ \t<>]+)')
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 34cda02759..989df66c19 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import atexit
 import urlparse, hashlib
 import time as ptime
 
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: git-remote-hg is now maintained independently.\n')
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg\n')
+
 #
 # If you want to see Mercurial revisions as Git commit notes:
 # git config core.notesRef refs/notes/hg