diff --git a/man/scrot.txt b/man/scrot.txt
index cda3149..d22aced 100644
--- a/man/scrot.txt
+++ b/man/scrot.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ NAME
 
 SYNOPSIS
   scrot [-bcfhimopuvz] [-a X,Y,W,H] [-C NAME] [-D DISPLAY] [-d SEC] [-e CMD]
-        [-k OPT] [-l STYLE] [-M NUM] [-n OPTS] [-q NUM] [-S CMD] [-s OPTS]
-        [-t % | WxH] [-w NUM] [[-F] FILE]
+        [-k OPT] [-l STYLE] [-M NUM] [-n OPTS] [-q NUM] [-s OPTS] [-t % | WxH]
+        [-w NUM] [[-F] FILE]
 
 DESCRIPTION
   scrot (SCReenshOT) is a simple command line screen capture utility, it uses
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ OPTIONS
                             compression. For lossy output formats, a higher
                             value represents higher quality and larger
                             file size. Default: 75.
-  -S, --script CMD          CMD is an imlib2 script.
   -s, --select[=OPTS]       Interactively select a window or rectangle with the
                             mouse, use the arrow keys to resize. See the -l and
                             -f options. OPTS it's optional; see SELECTION MODE
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 31a7b3f..56846e8 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void showUsage(void)
     fputs(/* Check that everything lines up after any changes. */
         "usage:  " PACKAGE " [-bcfhimopuvz] [-a X,Y,W,H] [-C NAME] [-D DISPLAY]\n"
         "              [-d SEC] [-e CMD] [-k OPT] [-l STYLE] [-M NUM] [-n OPTS]\n"
-        "              [-q NUM] [-S CMD] [-s OPTS] [-t % | WxH] [[-F] FILE]\n",
+        "              [-q NUM] [-s OPTS] [-t % | WxH] [[-F] FILE]\n",
         stdout);
     exit(0);
 }
diff --git a/src/scrot.c b/src/scrot.c
index cfc9432..3697224 100644
--- a/src/scrot.c
+++ b/src/scrot.c
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ void scrotGrabMousePointer(const Imlib_Image image, const int xOffset,
 // It assumes that the local variable 'scrot.c:Imlib_Image image' is in context
 static void applyFilterIfRequired(void)
 {
+    warnx("--script is deprecated. See: "
+        "https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/scrot/pull/231");
     if (opt.script)
         imlib_apply_filter(opt.script);
 }