diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
index 1dc663b0a148137c3504c87f34b87c68adf291af..046f27a3f102fc95807ff668a055df5f26cf7d92 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
@@ -3876,14 +3876,14 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		export function setStatusBarMessage(text: string): Disposable;
 
 		/**
+		 * @deprecated This function **deprecated**. Use `withProgress` instead.
+		 *
 		 * ~~Show progress in the Source Control viewlet while running the given callback and while
 		 * its returned promise isn't resolve or rejected.~~
 		 *
 		 * @param task A callback returning a promise. Progress increments can be reported with
 		 * the provided [progress](#Progress)-object.
 		 * @return The thenable the task did rseturn.
-		 *
-		 * @deprecated Use `withProgress` instead.
 		 */
 		export function withScmProgress<R>(task: (progress: Progress<number>) => Thenable<R>): Thenable<R>;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
index 2a8214a42c8a60424acd428c4dcdf5389cc1be21..fe5ce8fe5e089050abbd11b92527899ae338ecd9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ export function createApiFactory(
 				return extHostStatusBar.setStatusBarMessage(text, timeoutOrThenable);
 			},
 			withScmProgress<R>(task: (progress: vscode.Progress<number>) => Thenable<R>) {
+				console.warn(`[Deprecation Warning] function 'withScmProgress' is deprecated and should no longer be used. Use 'withProgress' instead.`);
 				return extHostProgress.withProgress(extension, { location: extHostTypes.ProgressLocation.SourceControl }, task);
 			},
 			withProgress<R>(options: vscode.ProgressOptions, task: (progress: vscode.Progress<{ message?: string; percentage?: number }>) => Thenable<R>) {