diff --git a/src/node_io_watcher.cc b/src/node_io_watcher.cc
index ad9a7b63fc..8812944d61 100644
--- a/src/node_io_watcher.cc
+++ b/src/node_io_watcher.cc
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ void IOWatcher::Callback(EV_P_ ev_io *w, int revents) {
 //  io.start();
 //
 Handle<Value> IOWatcher::New(const Arguments& args) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: don't use IOWatcher, it'll be removed in v0.9\n");
+
   if (!args.IsConstructCall()) {
     return FromConstructorTemplate(constructor_template, args);
   }