diff --git a/src/ORM/Association/HasMany.php b/src/ORM/Association/HasMany.php
index 454a8034cde..4335327ba96 100644
--- a/src/ORM/Association/HasMany.php
+++ b/src/ORM/Association/HasMany.php
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ public function getSaveStrategy()
      */
     public function saveStrategy($strategy = null)
     {
+        deprecationWarning(
+            'HasMany::saveStrategy() is deprecated. ' .
+            'Use setSaveStrategy()/getSaveStrategy() instead.'
+        );
         if ($strategy !== null) {
             $this->setSaveStrategy($strategy);
         }
@@ -630,6 +634,10 @@ public function getSort()
      */
     public function sort($sort = null)
     {
+        deprecationWarning(
+            'HasMany::sort() is deprecated. ' .
+            'Use setSort()/getSort() instead.'
+        );
         if ($sort !== null) {
             $this->setSort($sort);
         }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/ORM/Association/HasManyTest.php b/tests/TestCase/ORM/Association/HasManyTest.php
index 67373dbe8a2..e47ae21e61d 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/ORM/Association/HasManyTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/ORM/Association/HasManyTest.php
@@ -137,14 +137,30 @@ public function testCanBeJoined()
     /**
      * Tests sort() method
      *
+     * @group deprecated
      * @return void
      */
     public function testSort()
+    {
+        $this->deprecated(function () {
+            $assoc = new HasMany('Test');
+            $this->assertNull($assoc->sort());
+            $assoc->sort(['id' => 'ASC']);
+            $this->assertEquals(['id' => 'ASC'], $assoc->sort());
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests setSort() method
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testSetSort()
     {
         $assoc = new HasMany('Test');
-        $this->assertNull($assoc->sort());
-        $assoc->sort(['id' => 'ASC']);
-        $this->assertEquals(['id' => 'ASC'], $assoc->sort());
+        $this->assertNull($assoc->getSort());
+        $assoc->setSort(['id' => 'ASC']);
+        $this->assertEquals(['id' => 'ASC'], $assoc->getSort());
     }
 
     /**