diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index c54aa987..57a34138 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ if (isArg('--help') || isArg('-h')) {
 } else if (isArg('--version') || isArg('-v')) {
   process.stdout.write('browserslist ' + pkg.version + '\n')
 } else if (isArg('--update-db')) {
+  process.stdout.write('The --update-db command is deprecated. Please use npx update-browserslist-db@latest instead.\n')
+  process.stdout.write('Browserslist DB update will still be made.\n')
   /* c8 ignore next 3 */
   updateDb(function (str) {
     process.stdout.write(str)