diff --git a/vike/node/cli/index.ts b/vike/node/cli/index.ts
index c504d0ff8e1..9a8c881addd 100644
--- a/vike/node/cli/index.ts
+++ b/vike/node/cli/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 // TODO/v1-release: remove this file
 
-import { prerender as prerenderOriginal } from '../prerender/index.js'
+export { runPrerenderFromAPI as prerender } from '../prerender/runPrerender.js'
+
 import { assertWarning } from '../../utils/assert.js'
-export const prerender: typeof prerenderOriginal = (options) => {
-  assertWarning(
-    false,
-    "`import { prerender } from 'vike/cli'` is deprecated in favor of `import { prerender } from 'vike/prerender'``",
-    { onlyOnce: true, showStackTrace: true }
-  )
-  return prerenderOriginal(options)
-}
+import pc from '@brillout/picocolors'
+assertWarning(
+  false,
+  `${pc.cyan("import { prerender } from 'vike/cli'")} is deprecated in favor of ${pc.cyan("import { prerender } from 'vike/api'")}`,
+  { onlyOnce: true }
+)
diff --git a/vike/node/prerender/index.ts b/vike/node/prerender/index.ts
index c6d487dd5fe..ef7650ec687 100644
--- a/vike/node/prerender/index.ts
+++ b/vike/node/prerender/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
+// TODO/v1-release: remove this file
+
 export { runPrerenderFromAPI as prerender } from './runPrerender.js'
+
+import { assertWarning } from './utils.js'
+import pc from '@brillout/picocolors'
+assertWarning(
+  false,
+  `${pc.cyan("import { prerender } from 'vike/prerender'")} is deprecated in favor of ${pc.cyan("import { prerender } from 'vike/api'")}`,
+  { onlyOnce: true }
+)