diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d79823428cd7..80c82155ebb6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1358,7 +1358,11 @@ headers: $(version_h) scripts_unifdef uapi-asm-generic archheaders archscripts
 # Deprecated. It is no-op now.
 PHONY += headers_check
 headers_check:
-	@:
+	@echo >&2 "=================== WARNING ==================="
+	@echo >&2 "Since Linux 5.5, 'make headers_check' is no-op,"
+	@echo >&2 "and will be removed after Linux 5.15 release."
+	@echo >&2 "Please remove headers_check from your scripts."
+	@echo >&2 "==============================================="
 
 ifdef CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL
 prepare: headers