diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php
index 3b234df9d275..b60ca82d6a02 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccess.php
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public static function createPropertyAccessorBuilder()
      */
     public static function getPropertyAccessor()
     {
+        trigger_error('PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor() is deprecated since version 2.3 and will be removed in 3.0. Use PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor() instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
         return self::createPropertyAccessor();
     }