diff --git a/client/src/main.rs b/client/src/main.rs
index 535d6ed..5a86b52 100644
--- a/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/main.rs
@@ -1124,6 +1124,16 @@ fn main() {
     let opts = Opts::from_args();
     util::init_logger(opts.verbose);
 
+    let argv0 = std::env::args().next().unwrap();
+    let executable = Path::new(&argv0).file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
+    if executable == "inn" {
+        log::warn!("");
+        log::warn!("  {}: the {} shortcut will be removed from OS packages soon in favor of users creating a shell alias.", "WARNING".bold(), "inn".yellow());
+        log::warn!("");
+        log::warn!("  See https://github.com/tonarino/innernet/issues/176 for instructions to continue using it.");
+        log::warn!("");
+    }
+
     if let Err(e) = run(&opts) {
         println!();
         log::error!("{}\n", e);