diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
index 9cde26d33843..0114d758beab 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
@@ -105,10 +105,18 @@ Brief summary of control files.
  memory.kmem.max_usage_in_bytes      show max kernel memory usage recorded
 
  memory.kmem.tcp.limit_in_bytes      set/show hard limit for tcp buf memory
+                                     This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
+                                     used.
  memory.kmem.tcp.usage_in_bytes      show current tcp buf memory allocation
+                                     This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
+                                     used.
  memory.kmem.tcp.failcnt             show the number of tcp buf memory usage
 				     hits limits
+                                     This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
+                                     used.
  memory.kmem.tcp.max_usage_in_bytes  show max tcp buf memory usage recorded
+                                     This knob is deprecated and shouldn't be
+                                     used.
 ==================================== ==========================================
 
 1. History
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
index ff972a35ecc5..89944f83afb3 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
@@ -2534,6 +2534,9 @@ static ssize_t mem_cgroup_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 			ret = 0;
 			break;
 		case _TCP:
+			pr_warn_once("kmem.tcp.limit_in_bytes is deprecated and will be removed. "
+				     "Please report your usecase to linux-mm@kvack.org if you "
+				     "depend on this functionality.\n");
 			ret = memcg_update_tcp_max(memcg, nr_pages);
 			break;
 		}