diff --git a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst
index 20341402b..1c086a03d 100644
--- a/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst	
+++ b/Help/generator/Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003.rst	
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
 -------------------------
 
-Generates Visual Studio .NET 2003 project files.
+Deprecated.  Generates Visual Studio .NET 2003 project files.
+
+.. note::
+  This generator is deprecated and will be removed
+  in a future version of CMake.  It will still be
+  possible to build with VS 7.1 tools using the
+  :generator:`NMake Makefiles` generator.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/vs71-deprecate.rst b/Help/release/dev/vs71-deprecate.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..194630428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/vs71-deprecate.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vs71-deprecate
+--------------
+
+* The :generator:`Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003` generator is now
+  deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CMake.
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
index 7b51fdf49..dd1f2e480 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
@@ -325,5 +325,5 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
 ::GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry)
 {
   entry.Name = cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::GetActualName();
-  entry.Brief = "Generates Visual Studio .NET 2003 project files.";
+  entry.Brief = "Deprecated. Generates Visual Studio .NET 2003 project files.";
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index c1c8c77e5..ba498ef2b 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -335,6 +335,23 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::Generate()
     {
     this->CallVisualStudioMacro(MacroReload);
     }
+
+  if (this->Version == VS71 &&
+      !this->CMakeInstance->GetIsInTryCompile())
+    {
+    const char* cmakeWarnVS71 =
+      this->CMakeInstance->GetState()->GetCacheEntryValue("CMAKE_WARN_VS71");
+    if (!cmakeWarnVS71 || !cmSystemTools::IsOff(cmakeWarnVS71))
+      {
+      this->CMakeInstance->IssueMessage(
+        cmake::WARNING,
+        "The \"Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003\" generator is deprecated "
+        "and will be removed in a future version of CMake."
+        "\n"
+        "Add CMAKE_WARN_VS71=OFF to the cache to disable this warning."
+        );
+      }
+    }
 }
 
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cb01ffe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+^CMake Warning:
+  The "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003" generator is deprecated and will be removed
+  in a future version of CMake.
+
+  Add CMAKE_WARN_VS71=OFF to the cache to disable this warning.$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 7e26ce778..f449f1d0e 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ if(RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
   unset(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN)
 endif()
 
+if(RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003")
+  set(RunCMake_WARN_VS71 1)
+  run_cmake(DeprecateVS71-WARN-ON)
+  unset(RunCMake_WARN_VS71)
+  run_cmake(DeprecateVS71-WARN-OFF)
+endif()
+
 if(UNIX)
   run_cmake_command(E_create_symlink-no-arg
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
index 736faf185..fa0c98050 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/RunCMake.cmake
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ function(run_cmake test)
   if(APPLE)
     list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0025=NEW)
   endif()
+  if(RunCMake_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003" AND NOT RunCMake_WARN_VS71)
+    list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS -DCMAKE_WARN_VS71=OFF)
+  endif()
   if(RunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM)
     list(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${RunCMake_MAKE_PROGRAM}")
   endif()