diff --git a/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh b/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
index 8ee34837ccf..8cbd00a69fc 100644
--- a/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
+++ b/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ case $# in
 	;;
 esac
 
-1>&2 echo "$0: This script is deprecated and will be removed before FreeBSD 13."
+1>&2 echo "$0: This script has been replaced by sys/tools/makesyscalls.lua and"
+1>&2 echo "$0: will be removed before FreeBSD 13.  See also: sys/conf/sysent.mk"
 
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
 	. "$2"