1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index f505570adb..eac4fc2506 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@ int net_slirp_parse_legacy(QemuOptsList *opts_list, const char *optarg, int *ret
         return 0;
     }
 
+    error_report("The '-net channel' option is deprecated. "
+                 "Please use '-netdev user,guestfwd=...' instead.");
+
     /* handle legacy -net channel,port:chr */
     optarg += strlen("channel,");