diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
index cf651ff27f9..a13fc7d75b0 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void options::define(cxxopts::Options& opts)
 		("p,print",                  "Print (or replace) additional information in the rule's output.\nUse -pc or -pcontainer to append container details to syscall events.\nUse -pk or -pkubernetes to add both container and Kubernetes details to syscall events.\nIf using gVisor, choose -pcg or -pkg variants (or -pcontainer-gvisor and -pkubernetes-gvisor, respectively).\nIf a syscall rule's output contains %container.info, it will be replaced with the corresponding details. Otherwise, these details will be directly appended to the rule's output.\nAlternatively, use -p <output_format> for a custom format. In this case, the given <output_format> will be appended to the rule's output without any replacement to all events, including plugin events.", cxxopts::value(print_additional), "<output_format>")
 		("P,pidfile",                "Write PID to specified <pid_file> path. By default, no PID file is created.", cxxopts::value(pidfilename)->default_value(""), "<pid_file>")
 		("r",                        "Rules file or directory to be loaded. This option can be passed multiple times. Falco defaults to the values in the configuration file when this option is not specified.", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<rules_file>")
-		("S,snaplen",                "Collect only the first <len> bytes of each I/O buffer for 'syscall' events. By default, the first 80 bytes are collected by the driver and sent to the user space for processing. Use this option with caution since it can have a strong performance impact.", cxxopts::value(snaplen)->default_value("0"), "<len>")
+		("S,snaplen",                "DEPRECATED: use -o falco_libs.snaplen=<N> instead. Collect only the first <len> bytes of each I/O buffer for 'syscall' events. By default, the first 80 bytes are collected by the driver and sent to the user space for processing. Use this option with caution since it can have a strong performance impact.", cxxopts::value(snaplen)->default_value("0"), "<len>")
 		("support",                  "Print support information, including version, rules files used, loaded configuration, etc., and exit. The output is in JSON format.", cxxopts::value(print_support)->default_value("false"))
 		("U,unbuffered",             "Turn off output buffering for configured outputs. This causes every single line emitted by Falco to be flushed, which generates higher CPU usage but is useful when piping those outputs into another process or a script.", cxxopts::value(unbuffered_outputs)->default_value("false"))
 		("V,validate",               "Read the contents of the specified <rules_file> file(s), validate the loaded rules, and exit. This option can be passed multiple times to validate multiple files.", cxxopts::value(validate_rules_filenames), "<rules_file>")