diff --git a/Changes.mdown b/Changes.mdown
index c84f8618..f3fd3406 100644
--- a/Changes.mdown
+++ b/Changes.mdown
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   feature originated from. It will show the committed changes. 
 * Problem when certain variables are set before executing git-flow.
   When certain variables are set in the shell environment it causes problems.
+* Warning for commands to be deprecated.
+  The command feature checkout/co will be deprecated per version 2.0
 
 #### 1.7.0
 [Peter van der Does][petervanderdoes]
diff --git a/git-flow-feature b/git-flow-feature
index 0c63af51..4683ccde 100644
--- a/git-flow-feature
+++ b/git-flow-feature
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ showcommands!    Show git commands while executing them
 	# Parse arguments
 	parse_args "$@"
 
+	warn "The command 'git flow feature checkout/co' will be deprecated per version 2.0.0"
 	gitflow_require_name_arg
 
 	git_do checkout "$BRANCH"  || die "Could not check out branch '$BRANCH'."