diff --git a/core/modules/filters.js b/core/modules/filters.js
index c9fae0b70..6c49d4e99 100644
--- a/core/modules/filters.js
+++ b/core/modules/filters.js
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ function parseFilterOperation(operators,filterString,p) {
 					rexMatch = rex.exec(filterString.substring(p));
 				if(rexMatch) {
 					operator.regexp = new RegExp(rexMatch[1], rexMatch[2]);
+// Deprecation warning
+console.log("WARNING: Filter",operator.operator,"has a deprecated regexp operand",operator.regexp);
 					nextBracketPos = p + rex.lastIndex - 1;
 				}
 				else {