diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 66c3262b7e..0db0293c55 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             log.warn("");
             log.warn("Deprecation warnings");
             log.warn("----------------------------------------------------------");
-            log.warn("  <generateInstanceFields/> = false is deprecated! Please adapt your configuration.");
+            log.warn("  <generateInstanceFields/> = false is deprecated! This feature is no longer maintained and will be removed in jOOQ 4.0. Please adapt your configuration.");
         }
 
         log.info("");