diff --git a/docs/plugins/repository-azure.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/repository-azure.asciidoc
index a1f8c6ea81d57..b3b4103dcdbe0 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/repository-azure.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/repository-azure.asciidoc
@@ -185,22 +185,6 @@ client.admin().cluster().preparePutRepository("my_backup_java1")
     ).get();
 ----
 
-[[repository-azure-global-settings]]
-===== Global repositories settings
-
-All those repository settings can also be defined globally in `elasticsearch.yml` file using prefix
-`repositories.azure.`. For example:
-
-[source,yaml]
-----
-repositories.azure:
-    container: backup-container
-    base_path: backups
-    chunk_size: 32m
-    compress": true
-----
-
-
 [[repository-azure-validation]]
 ===== Repository validation rules
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java
index 6343541aed323..aebfb623fda5d 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java
@@ -53,18 +53,26 @@ final class Storage {
 
         public static final Setting<TimeValue> TIMEOUT_SETTING =
             Setting.timeSetting("cloud.azure.storage.timeout", TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(-1), Property.NodeScope);
+        @Deprecated
         public static final Setting<String> ACCOUNT_SETTING =
-            Setting.simpleString("repositories.azure.account", Property.NodeScope, Property.Filtered);
+            Setting.simpleString("repositories.azure.account", Property.NodeScope, Property.Filtered, Property.Deprecated);
+        @Deprecated
         public static final Setting<String> CONTAINER_SETTING =
-            new Setting<>("repositories.azure.container", "elasticsearch-snapshots", Function.identity(), Property.NodeScope);
+            new Setting<>("repositories.azure.container", "elasticsearch-snapshots", Function.identity(), Property.NodeScope,
+                Property.Deprecated);
+        @Deprecated
         public static final Setting<String> BASE_PATH_SETTING =
-            Setting.simpleString("repositories.azure.base_path", Property.NodeScope);
+            Setting.simpleString("repositories.azure.base_path", Property.NodeScope, Property.Deprecated);
+        @Deprecated
         public static final Setting<String> LOCATION_MODE_SETTING =
-            Setting.simpleString("repositories.azure.location_mode", Property.NodeScope);
+            Setting.simpleString("repositories.azure.location_mode", Property.NodeScope, Property.Deprecated);
+        @Deprecated
         public static final Setting<ByteSizeValue> CHUNK_SIZE_SETTING =
-            Setting.byteSizeSetting("repositories.azure.chunk_size", MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_CHUNK_SIZE, MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, Property.NodeScope);
+            Setting.byteSizeSetting("repositories.azure.chunk_size", MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, MIN_CHUNK_SIZE, MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, Property.NodeScope,
+                Property.Deprecated);
+        @Deprecated
         public static final Setting<Boolean> COMPRESS_SETTING =
-            Setting.boolSetting("repositories.azure.compress", false, Property.NodeScope);
+            Setting.boolSetting("repositories.azure.compress", false, Property.NodeScope, Property.Deprecated);
     }
 
     boolean doesContainerExist(String account, LocationMode mode, String container);
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositorySettingsTests.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositorySettingsTests.java
index 014fa88cc4d8d..4ea0a6eda35bc 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositorySettingsTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositorySettingsTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.LocationMode;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.Protocol;
 import org.elasticsearch.cloud.azure.storage.AzureStorageService;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoryMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -124,4 +125,24 @@ public void testChunkSize() throws StorageException, IOException, URISyntaxExcep
             azureRepository(Settings.builder().put("chunk_size", "65mb").build()));
         assertEquals("Failed to parse value [65mb] for setting [chunk_size] must be <= 64mb", e.getMessage());
     }
+
+    public void testDeprecatedRepositoriesSettings() throws StorageException, IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder()
+            .put(AzureStorageService.Storage.ACCOUNT_SETTING.getKey(), "account")
+            .put(AzureStorageService.Storage.BASE_PATH_SETTING.getKey(), "path")
+            .put(AzureStorageService.Storage.CHUNK_SIZE_SETTING.getKey(), AzureStorageService.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE)
+            .put(AzureStorageService.Storage.COMPRESS_SETTING.getKey(), false)
+            .put(AzureStorageService.Storage.CONTAINER_SETTING.getKey(), "container")
+            .put(AzureStorageService.Storage.LOCATION_MODE_SETTING.getKey(), "primary_only")
+            .build();
+        azureRepository(settings);
+        assertWarnings("[" + AzureStorageService.Storage.ACCOUNT_SETTING.getKey() + "] setting was deprecated",
+            "[" + AzureStorageService.Storage.BASE_PATH_SETTING.getKey() + "] setting was deprecated",
+            "[" + AzureStorageService.Storage.CHUNK_SIZE_SETTING.getKey() + "] setting was deprecated",
+            "[" + AzureStorageService.Storage.COMPRESS_SETTING.getKey() + "] setting was deprecated",
+            "[" + AzureStorageService.Storage.CONTAINER_SETTING.getKey() + "] setting was deprecated",
+            "[" + AzureStorageService.Storage.LOCATION_MODE_SETTING.getKey() + "] setting was deprecated");
+    }
+
+
 }