diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index f27d9f5f4..8f995c9bf 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "app_change_url_identical_domains": "The old and new domain/url_path are identical ('{domain:s}{path:s}'), nothing to do.",
     "app_change_url_no_script": "This application '{app_name:s}' doesn't support url modification yet. Maybe you should upgrade the application.",
     "app_change_url_success": "Successfully changed {app:s} url to {domain:s}{path:s}",
+    "app_checkurl_is_deprecated": "Packagers /!\ 'app checkurl' is deprecated ! Please use 'app register-url' instead !",
     "app_extraction_failed": "Unable to extract installation files",
     "app_id_invalid": "Invalid app id",
     "app_incompatible": "The app {app} is incompatible with your YunoHost version",
diff --git a/src/yunohost/app.py b/src/yunohost/app.py
index 9ccc0886d..0ee0dd7d3 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/app.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/app.py
@@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@ def app_checkurl(auth, url, app=None):
         app -- Write domain & path to app settings for further checks
 
     """
+
+    logger.warning(m18n.n("app_checkurl_is_deprecated"))
+
     from yunohost.domain import domain_list
 
     if "https://" == url[:8]: