diff --git a/Lib/commands.py b/Lib/commands.py
index cfbb541..d19aa1a 100644
--- a/Lib/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/commands.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #
 def getstatus(file):
     """Return output of "ls -ld <file>" in a string."""
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn("commands.getstatus() is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
     return getoutput('ls -ld' + mkarg(file))