diff --git a/changes/ticket40373 b/changes/ticket40373
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+++ b/changes/ticket40373
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor features (onion services):
+    - Add warning message when connecting to soon-to-be-deprecated v2 onions.
+      Closes ticket 40373.
diff --git a/src/core/or/connection_edge.c b/src/core/or/connection_edge.c
index a33c64fe19af2e2aa2348507105a70b0727ae779..7f260ba1853b3f15e6ade443a724238882c71a3e 100644
--- a/src/core/or/connection_edge.c
+++ b/src/core/or/connection_edge.c
@@ -2582,6 +2582,16 @@ connection_ap_handshake_rewrite_and_attach(entry_connection_t *conn,
     tor_assert(addresstype == ONION_V2_HOSTNAME ||
                addresstype == ONION_V3_HOSTNAME);
     tor_assert(!automap);
+
+    if (addresstype == ONION_V2_HOSTNAME) {
+      log_warn(LD_PROTOCOL,
+               "Warning! You've just connected to a v2 onion address. These "
+               "addresses are deprecated for security reasons, and are no "
+               "longer supported in Tor. Please encourage the site operator "
+               "to upgrade. For more information see "
+               "https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline");
+    }
+
     return connection_ap_handle_onion(conn, socks, circ, addresstype);
   }