diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
index 4bc5aef59d8..f53ff3fc708 100644
--- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ shown with::
 vhost-user Dequeue Zero Copy (experimental)
 -------------------------------------------
 
+.. warning::
+
+   vhost-user Dequeue Zero Copy is deprecated in OVS and will be removed in
+   the next release.
+
 Normally when dequeuing a packet from a vHost User device, a memcpy operation
 must be used to copy that packet from guest address space to host address
 space. This memcpy can be removed by enabling dequeue zero-copy like so::
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 43dde98a3d5..d2b8b6630a4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ v2.14.0 - xx xxx xxxx
        CVE-2020-10726, this DPDK version is strongly recommended to be used.
      * New 'ovs-appctl dpdk/log-list' and 'ovs-appctl dpdk/log-set' commands
        to list and change log levels in DPDK components.
+     * Vhost-user Dequeue zero-copy support is deprecated and will be removed
+       in the next release.
    - Linux datapath:
      * Support for kernel versions up to 5.5.x.
    - AF_XDP:
diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
index b940b1ac25b..18c4adcc773 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
@@ -5085,6 +5085,8 @@ netdev_dpdk_vhost_client_reconfigure(struct netdev *netdev)
                       dev->up.name, dev->vhost_id);
             if (zc_enabled) {
                 VLOG_INFO("Zero copy enabled for vHost port %s", dev->up.name);
+                VLOG_WARN("Zero copy support is deprecated and will be "
+                          "removed in the next OVS release.");
             }
         }