diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp
index fe92fe7745..6f73be360f 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp
@@ -1841,6 +1841,7 @@ bool Octree::readFromStream(unsigned long streamLength, QDataStream& inputStream
 
 
 bool Octree::readSVOFromStream(unsigned long streamLength, QDataStream& inputStream) {
+    qWarning() << "SVO file format depricated. Support for reading SVO files is no longer support and will be removed soon.";
 
     bool fileOk = false;
 
@@ -2062,6 +2063,8 @@ void Octree::writeToJSONFile(const char* fileName, OctreeElementPointer element,
 }
 
 void Octree::writeToSVOFile(const char* fileName, OctreeElementPointer element) {
+    qWarning() << "SVO file format depricated. Support for reading SVO files is no longer support and will be removed soon.";
+
     std::ofstream file(fileName, std::ios::out|std::ios::binary);
 
     if(file.is_open()) {