diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 842aa9d..076a2c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -564,3 +564,13 @@
 
 ----------------------------
 
+What:   access to nfsd auth cache through sys_nfsservctl or '.' files
+        in the 'nfsd' filesystem.
+When:   2.6.40
+Why:    This is a legacy interface which have been replaced by a more
+        dynamic cache.  Continuing to maintain this interface is an
+        unnecessary burden.
+Who:    NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
+
+----------------------------
+	
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index b53b1d0..7f0fc88 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@
 
 static ssize_t nfsctl_transaction_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *pos)
 {
+	static int warned;
+	if (file->f_dentry->d_name.name[0] == '.' && !warned) {
+		char name[sizeof(current->comm)];
+		printk(KERN_INFO
+		       "Warning: \"%s\" uses deprecated NFSD interface: %s."
+		       "  This will be removed in 2.6.40\n",
+		       get_task_comm(name, current),
+		       file->f_dentry->d_name.name);
+		warned = 1;
+	}
 	if (! file->private_data) {
 		/* An attempt to read a transaction file without writing
 		 * causes a 0-byte write so that the file can return