diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
index 991e5f9707f9a..825c5b4692276 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/aws/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ public S3BlobStore(Settings settings, AmazonS3 client, String bucket, @Nullable
         while (retry <= maxRetries) {
             try {
                 if (!client.doesBucketExist(bucket)) {
+                    deprecationLogger.deprecated("Auto creation of the bucket for an s3 backed repository is deprecated" +
+                                                 " and will be removed in 6.0.");
                     CreateBucketRequest request = null;
                     if (region != null) {
                         request = new CreateBucketRequest(bucket, region);