diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/run/run.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/run/run.go
index 000529a064c..d5498453a8f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/run/run.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/run/run.go
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ func NewCmdRun(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericiooptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Com
 	o.PrintFlags.AddFlags(cmd)
 	o.RecordFlags.AddFlags(cmd)
 
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("filename", "it is ignored by kubectl run and will be removed in a future release")
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkShorthandDeprecated("filename", "it is ignored by kubectl run and will be removed in a future release")
+
 	addRunFlags(cmd, o)
 	cmdutil.AddApplyAnnotationFlags(cmd)
 	cmdutil.AddPodRunningTimeoutFlag(cmd, defaultPodAttachTimeout)