diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/README.md b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/README.md
index 1778ee0c8b..49ef2e5efb 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/README.md
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This plugin has been deprecated; please use vdk-structlog instead.
+
 This plugins allows for the configuration of the format of VDK logs.
 
 # TEXT
diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/src/vdk/plugin/logging_format/logging_format.py b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/src/vdk/plugin/logging_format/logging_format.py
index 6c4b615b81..085c6cfecc 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/src/vdk/plugin/logging_format/logging_format.py
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-logging-format/src/vdk/plugin/logging_format/logging_format.py
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ def vdk_configure(config_builder: ConfigurationBuilder):
 
 @hookimpl(tryfirst=True)
 def vdk_start(plugin_registry: IPluginRegistry, command_line_args: List):
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    log.warning(
+        "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    )
+    log.warning(
+        "Vdk-logging-format has been deprecated; please use vdk-structlog instead."
+    )
+    log.warning(
+        "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    )
+
     logging_format = os.getenv("VDK_LOGGING_FORMAT")
     if (
         logging_format == "JSON"