2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
index f6738bf26f..08cfd41e7f 100644
--- a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ module Arel
     end
 
     def joins manager
+      if $VERBOSE
+        warn "joins is deprecated and will be removed in 2.2"
+        warn "please remove your call to joins from #{caller.first}"
+      end
       manager.join_sql
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/arel/table.rb b/lib/arel/table.rb
index 6f29a02e56..aa23a7d601 100644
--- a/lib/arel/table.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/table.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ module Arel
     end
 
     def joins manager
+      if $VERBOSE
+        warn "joins is deprecated and will be removed in 2.2"
+        warn "please remove your call to joins from #{caller.first}"
+      end
       nil
     end