diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt
index bfa461aaac99b3e3033727572009c308efc3b6bf..1279a221640a4c396fd75223aee3cd201b3c1f0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ Optional properties:
   is specified and the ciu clock is specified then we'll try to set the ciu
   clock to this at probe time.
 
-* clock-freq-min-max: Minimum and Maximum clock frequency for card output
+* clock-freq-min-max (DEPRECATED): Minimum and Maximum clock frequency for card output
   clock(cclk_out). If it's not specified, max is 200MHZ and min is 400KHz by default.
+	  (Use the "max-frequency" instead of "clock-freq-min-max".)
 
 * num-slots: specifies the number of slots supported by the controller.
   The number of physical slots actually used could be equal or less than the
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 3c553dc225792577e557a4623784473b98cd2790..881ca3e37da43973b8556ab9c9a519ebd9a25e7f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -2609,6 +2609,8 @@ static int dw_mci_init_slot(struct dw_mci *host, unsigned int id)
 		mmc->f_min = DW_MCI_FREQ_MIN;
 		mmc->f_max = DW_MCI_FREQ_MAX;
 	} else {
+		dev_info(host->dev,
+			"'clock-freq-min-max' property was deprecated.\n");
 		mmc->f_min = freq[0];
 		mmc->f_max = freq[1];
 	}