diff --git a/pkg/util/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/util/cmd/cmd.go
index b0ec8b07501..85d9e8be1f2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/util/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 )
 
 func RunGrafanaCmd(subCmd string) int {
@@ -17,6 +19,13 @@ func RunGrafanaCmd(subCmd string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
+	switch filepath.Base(curr) {
+	case "grafana-server":
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", color.RedString("Deprecation warning"), "The standalone 'grafana-server' program is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Please update all uses of 'grafana-server' to 'grafana server'")
+	case "grafana-cli":
+		fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", color.RedString("Deprecation warning"), "The standalone 'grafana-cli' program is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Please update all uses of 'grafana-cli' to 'grafana cli'")
+	}
+
 	executable := "grafana"
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		executable += ".exe"