diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59c02204..5cba0035 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@ For a guided example of all of `haulers` capabilities, check out the [guided exa
 
 * [go-containerregistry](https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry)
 * [oras](https://github.com/oras-project/oras)
-* [cosign](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign)
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+* [cosign](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign)
+
+## Notices
+
+*** WARNING: Deprecated Command *** 
+
+The `hauler download (dl)` and `hauler serve (not the store version)` commands are deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Hauler.
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diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/download.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/download.go
index 37223f5c..08fee84c 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/download.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/download.go
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ func addDownload(parent *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "download",
 		Short: "Download OCI content from a registry and populate it on disk",
-		Long: `Locate OCI content based on it's reference in a compatible registry and download the contents to disk.
+		Long: `*** WARNING: Deprecated Command *** 
+The 'download (dl)' command is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Hauler.
+
+Locate OCI content based on it's reference in a compatible registry and download the contents to disk.
 
 Note that the content type determines it's format on disk.  Hauler's built in content types act as follows:
 
diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/serve.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/serve.go
index 8a386a38..e85d4722 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/serve.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ func addServe(parent *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "serve",
 		Short: "Run one or more of hauler's embedded servers types",
+		Long: `*** WARNING: Deprecated Command *** 
+The 'serve' command is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Hauler.`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return cmd.Help()
 		},