diff --git a/include/linux/idr.h b/include/linux/idr.h
index b235ed987021302d122e9a8bcd71ba3e4b12304e..a0dce14090a9e1d239500897caaea9c1b05ea9f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/idr.h
+++ b/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ static inline void ida_init(struct ida *ida)
 	xa_init_flags(&ida->xa, IDA_INIT_FLAGS);
 }
 
+/*
+ * ida_simple_get() and ida_simple_remove() are deprecated. Use
+ * ida_alloc() and ida_free() instead respectively.
+ */
 #define ida_simple_get(ida, start, end, gfp)	\
 			ida_alloc_range(ida, start, (end) - 1, gfp)
 #define ida_simple_remove(ida, id)	ida_free(ida, id)