diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0911b56f..38409088 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ Change Log
 
 All notable changes to ``sentinelsat`` will be listed here.
 
+[0.9.X] - 2017-MM-DD
+-------
+
+Deprecated
+~~~~~
+- ``--sentinel1`` and ``--sentinel2`` will be removed with the next major release
+
 [0.9.1] - 2017-03-06
 -------
 
diff --git a/sentinelsat/scripts/cli.py b/sentinelsat/scripts/cli.py
index 0dc78532..5e8311a8 100644
--- a/sentinelsat/scripts/cli.py
+++ b/sentinelsat/scripts/cli.py
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ def cli():
     """)
 @click.option(
     '--sentinel1', is_flag=True,
-    help='Limit search to Sentinel-1 products.')
+    help='DEPRECATED: Please use --sentinel instead. Limit search to Sentinel-1 products.')
 @click.option(
     '--sentinel2', is_flag=True,
-    help='Limit search to Sentinel-2 products.')
+    help='DEPRECATED: Please use --sentinel instead. Limit search to Sentinel-2 products.')
 @click.option(
     '-c', '--cloud', type=int,
     help='Maximum cloud cover in percent. (Automatically sets --sentinel2)')
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ def search(
             "cloudcoverpercentage": "[0 TO %s]" % cloud})
     elif sentinel2:
         search_kwargs.update({"platformname": "Sentinel-2"})
+        logger.info('DEPRECATED: Please use --sentinel instead')
     elif sentinel1:
         search_kwargs.update({"platformname": "Sentinel-1"})
+        logger.info('DEPRECATED: Please use --sentinel instead')
 
     if query is not None:
         search_kwargs.update(dict([i.split('=') for i in query.split(',')]))