diff --git a/doc/configuration.md b/doc/configuration.md
index 43655861..5ef7f818 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.md
+++ b/doc/configuration.md
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ The above would start mining `scrypt` on `pool.ip` with devices `0, 2, 3, 4, 5`.
 
 ### difficulty-multiplier
 
-**Need clarification** Set the difficulty multiplier for jobs received from stratum pools.
+**DEPRECATED** Set the difficulty multiplier for jobs received from stratum pools.
 
 *Available*: Global
 
diff --git a/sgminer.c b/sgminer.c
index 8d30faef..9ac81eac 100644
--- a/sgminer.c
+++ b/sgminer.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,7 @@ static char *set_null(const char __maybe_unused *arg)
 
 char *set_difficulty_multiplier(char *arg)
 {
+  applog(LOG_WARNING, "Option difficulty-multiplier is deprecated and will be removed in v5.1. Pools that need this option should fix their setup.");
   if (!(arg && arg[0]))
     return "Invalid parameters for set difficulty multiplier";
   opt_diff_mult = strtod(arg, NULL);
@@ -1704,7 +1705,7 @@ struct opt_table opt_config_table[] = {
       opt_set_bool, NULL, NULL, opt_hidden),
   OPT_WITH_ARG("--difficulty-multiplier",
       set_difficulty_multiplier, NULL, NULL,
-      "Difficulty multiplier for jobs received from stratum pools"),
+      "(deprecated) Difficulty multiplier for jobs received from stratum pools"),
   OPT_ENDTABLE
 };