diff --git a/backdrop/write/api.py b/backdrop/write/api.py
index d953b9ab..2b66cfd7 100644
--- a/backdrop/write/api.py
+++ b/backdrop/write/api.py
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ def write_by_group(data_group, data_type):
 @app.route('/<data_set:data_set_name>', methods=['POST'])
 @cache_control.nocache
 def post_to_data_set(data_set_name):
+    app.logger.warning("Deprecated use of write API by name: {}".format(
+        data_set_name))
     data_set_config = data_set_repository.retrieve(name=data_set_name)
-    return _write_to_data_set(data_set_config)
+    return _write_to_data_set(
+        data_set_config,
+        ok_message="Deprecation Warning: accessing by data-set name is "
+                   "deprecated, Please use the /data-group/data-type form.")
 
 
 @app.route('/data-sets/<dataset_name>', methods=['POST'])
@@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ def _allow_create_collection(auth_header):
     return _allow_modify_collection(auth_header)
 
 
-def _write_to_data_set(data_set_config):
+def _write_to_data_set(data_set_config, ok_message=None):
     if data_set_config is None:
         return jsonify(status="error",
                        message='Could not find data_set_config'), 404
@@ -175,8 +180,11 @@ def _write_to_data_set(data_set_config):
 
         data_set = DataSet(db, data_set_config)
         data_set.parse_and_store(data)
+        if ok_message:
+            return jsonify(status='ok', message=ok_message)
+        else:
+            return jsonify(status='ok')
 
-        return jsonify(status='ok')
     except (ParseError, ValidationError) as e:
         return jsonify(status="error", message=str(e)), 400