diff --git a/flytekit/clis/flyte_cli/main.py b/flytekit/clis/flyte_cli/main.py
index 2e0bf67f83..3f6b954165 100644
--- a/flytekit/clis/flyte_cli/main.py
+++ b/flytekit/clis/flyte_cli/main.py
@@ -75,7 +75,19 @@
 
 
 def _welcome_message():
-    _click.secho("Welcome to Flyte CLI! Version: {}".format(_tt(__version__)), bold=True)
+    _click.secho(
+        "\n################################################################################################################################",
+        bold=True,
+    )
+    _click.secho(
+        "# flyte-cli is being deprecated in favor of flytectl. More details about flytectl in https://docs.flyte.org/projects/flytectl/ #",
+        bold=True,
+    )
+    _click.secho(
+        "################################################################################################################################\n",
+        bold=True,
+    )
+    _click.secho("Welcome to Flyte CLI! Version: {}\n".format(_tt(__version__)), bold=True)
 
 
 def _get_user_filepath_home():
@@ -595,7 +607,7 @@ def make_context(self, cmd_name, args, parent=None):
     "the sub-command's parameter takes precedence.",
 )
 @_insecure_option
-@_click.group("flyte-cli")
+@_click.group("flyte-cli", deprecated=True)
 @_click.pass_context
 def _flyte_cli(ctx, host, config, project, domain, name, insecure):
     """