diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version/version.go
index 413f01f1..54a393e1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version/version.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func NewCmdVersion(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *co
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.ClientOnly, "client", o.ClientOnly, "If true, shows client version only (no server required).")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Short, "short", o.Short, "If true, print just the version number.")
+	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("short", "and will be removed in the future. The --short output will become the default.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.Output, "output", "o", o.Output, "One of 'yaml' or 'json'.")
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ func (o *Options) Run() error {
 				fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Server Version: %s\n", versionInfo.ServerVersion.GitVersion)
 			}
 		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "WARNING: This version information is deprecated and will be replaced with the output from kubectl version --short.  Use --output=yaml|json to get the full version.\n")
 			fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Client Version: %#v\n", *versionInfo.ClientVersion)
 			fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Kustomize Version: %s\n", versionInfo.KustomizeVersion)
 			if versionInfo.ServerVersion != nil {