diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index 588bccc107918b26f8c489d4a0c0b8f6fafea46e..c860f4b00defc80ced894c365c3d3c4cf6133823 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ Channel Drivers:
   to modify modules.conf to add another "noload" line to ensure that only one of
   these three modules gets loaded.
 
+* Zap: The "msdstrip" option has been deprecated, as it provides no value over
+  the method of stripping digits in the dialplan using variable substring syntax.
+
 Configuration:
 
 * pbx_dundi.c: tos parameter changed to use new values. Old values like lowdelay,
diff --git a/channels/chan_zap.c b/channels/chan_zap.c
index 61552421cdbd65e808a567ff8fd7f1b5a83051ad..36e0f934e0aca705c836bfae2a5344edab2723b4 100644
--- a/channels/chan_zap.c
+++ b/channels/chan_zap.c
@@ -13347,6 +13347,7 @@ static int process_zap(struct zt_chan_conf *confp, struct ast_variable *v, int r
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "mohsuggest")) {
 			ast_copy_string(confp->chan.mohsuggest, v->value, sizeof(confp->chan.mohsuggest));
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "stripmsd")) {
+			ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Configuration option \"%s\" has been deprecated. Please use dialplan instead\n", v->name);
 			confp->chan.stripmsd = atoi(v->value);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "jitterbuffers")) {
 			numbufs = atoi(v->value);