diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index db3f55e..fe46de2 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -2179,8 +2179,16 @@
 PyObject *
 PyUnicode_FromUnicode(const Py_UNICODE *u, Py_ssize_t size)
 {
-    if (u == NULL)
+    if (u == NULL) {
+        if (size > 0) {
+            if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                    "PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, size) is deprecated; "
+                    "use PyUnicode_New() instead", 1) < 0) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
         return (PyObject*)_PyUnicode_New(size);
+    }
 
     if (size < 0) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
@@ -2266,10 +2274,19 @@
                         "Negative size passed to PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize");
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (u != NULL)
+    if (u != NULL) {
         return PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(u, size, NULL, NULL);
-    else
+    }
+    else {
+        if (size > 0) {
+            if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                    "PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size) is deprecated; "
+                    "use PyUnicode_New() instead", 1) < 0) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
         return (PyObject *)_PyUnicode_New(size);
+    }
 }
 
 PyObject *