diff --git a/daemon_unix.go b/daemon_unix.go
index 754bdeece3..f68d220c2f 100644
--- a/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon_unix.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func newDaemonCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return runDaemon()
 		},
+		Deprecated: "and will be removed in Docker 1.16. Please run `dockerd` directly.",
 	}
 	cmd.SetHelpFunc(helpFunc)
 	return cmd