diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/GeoShapeWithDocValuesFieldMapper.java b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/GeoShapeWithDocValuesFieldMapper.java
index f7c5f1b8072f3..62e68bfdb425c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/GeoShapeWithDocValuesFieldMapper.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/GeoShapeWithDocValuesFieldMapper.java
@@ -172,10 +172,14 @@ private FieldValues<Geometry> scriptValues() {
         @Override
         public GeoShapeWithDocValuesFieldMapper build(MapperBuilderContext context) {
             if (multiFieldsBuilder.hasMultiFields()) {
+                /*
+                 * We have no plans to fail on multifields because it isn't worth breaking
+                 * even the tiny fraction of users.
+                 */
                 DEPRECATION_LOGGER.warn(
                     DeprecationCategory.MAPPINGS,
                     "geo_shape_multifields",
-                    "Adding multifields to [geo_shape] mappers has no effect and will be forbidden in future"
+                    "Adding multifields to [geo_shape] mappers has no effect"
                 );
             }
             GeometryParser geometryParser = new GeometryParser(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/PointFieldMapper.java b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/PointFieldMapper.java
index 65e54513e8c9e..fcfeca6301950 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/PointFieldMapper.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/PointFieldMapper.java
@@ -100,10 +100,14 @@ private static CartesianPoint parseNullValue(Object nullValue, boolean ignoreZVa
         @Override
         public FieldMapper build(MapperBuilderContext context) {
             if (multiFieldsBuilder.hasMultiFields()) {
+                /*
+                 * We have no plans to fail on multifields because it isn't worth breaking
+                 * even the tiny fraction of users.
+                 */
                 DEPRECATION_LOGGER.warn(
                     DeprecationCategory.MAPPINGS,
                     "point_multifields",
-                    "Adding multifields to [point] mappers has no effect and will be forbidden in future"
+                    "Adding multifields to [point] mappers has no effect"
                 );
             }
             CartesianPointParser parser = new CartesianPointParser(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/ShapeFieldMapper.java b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/ShapeFieldMapper.java
index 198e0ba3011bf..3c8127b6c6036 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/ShapeFieldMapper.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/spatial/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/spatial/index/mapper/ShapeFieldMapper.java
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ protected Parameter<?>[] getParameters() {
         @Override
         public ShapeFieldMapper build(MapperBuilderContext context) {
             if (multiFieldsBuilder.hasMultiFields()) {
+                /*
+                 * We have no plans to fail on multifields because it isn't worth breaking
+                 * even the tiny fraction of users.
+                 */
                 DEPRECATION_LOGGER.warn(
                     DeprecationCategory.MAPPINGS,
                     "shape_multifields",
-                    "Adding multifields to [shape] mappers has no effect and will be forbidden in future"
+                    "Adding multifields to [shape] mappers has no effect"
                 );
             }
             GeometryParser geometryParser = new GeometryParser(