diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 406efc183b..4411704fd4 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int advice_rm_hints = 1;
 int advice_add_embedded_repo = 1;
 int advice_ignored_hook = 1;
 int advice_waiting_for_editor = 1;
+int advice_graft_file_deprecated = 1;
 
 static struct {
 	const char *name;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "addembeddedrepo", &advice_add_embedded_repo },
 	{ "ignoredhook", &advice_ignored_hook },
 	{ "waitingforeditor", &advice_waiting_for_editor },
+	{ "graftfiledeprecated", &advice_graft_file_deprecated },
 
 	/* make this an alias for backward compatibility */
 	{ "pushnonfastforward", &advice_push_update_rejected }
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index 70568fa792..9f5064e82a 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern int advice_rm_hints;
 extern int advice_add_embedded_repo;
 extern int advice_ignored_hook;
 extern int advice_waiting_for_editor;
+extern int advice_graft_file_deprecated;
 
 int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
 __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 2952ec987c..451d3ce8df 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "prio-queue.h"
 #include "sha1-lookup.h"
 #include "wt-status.h"
+#include "advice.h"
 
 static struct commit_extra_header *read_commit_extra_header_lines(const char *buf, size_t len, const char **);
 
@@ -176,6 +177,15 @@ static int read_graft_file(const char *graft_file)
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	if (!fp)
 		return -1;
+	if (advice_graft_file_deprecated)
+		advise(_("Support for <GIT_DIR>/info/grafts is deprecated\n"
+			 "and will be removed in a future Git version.\n"
+			 "\n"
+			 "Please use \"git replace --convert-graft-file\"\n"
+			 "to convert the grafts into replace refs.\n"
+			 "\n"
+			 "Turn this message off by running\n"
+			 "\"git config advice.graftFileDeprecated false\""));
 	while (!strbuf_getwholeline(&buf, fp, '\n')) {
 		/* The format is just "Commit Parent1 Parent2 ...\n" */
 		struct commit_graft *graft = read_graft_line(&buf);
diff --git a/t/t6001-rev-list-graft.sh b/t/t6001-rev-list-graft.sh
index 05ddc69cf2..7504ba4751 100755
--- a/t/t6001-rev-list-graft.sh
+++ b/t/t6001-rev-list-graft.sh
@@ -110,4 +110,13 @@ do
 	"
 
 done
+
+test_expect_success 'show advice that grafts are deprecated' '
+	git show HEAD 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "git replace" err &&
+	test_config advice.graftFileDeprecated false &&
+	git show HEAD 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep ! "git replace" err
+'
+
 test_done