1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pywal/reload.py b/pywal/reload.py
index 629a448..b493f3e 100644
--- a/pywal/reload.py
+++ b/pywal/reload.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Reload programs.
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import sys
 
 from .settings import CACHE_DIR, HOME, MODULE_DIR, OS
 from . import util
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ def colors(cache_dir=CACHE_DIR):
     """Reload colors. (Deprecated)"""
     sequences = os.path.join(cache_dir, "sequences")
 
+    sys.stderr.write("'wal -r' is deprecated: "
+                     "Use 'cat %s' instead.\n" % sequences)
+
     if os.path.isfile(sequences):
         print("".join(util.read_file(sequences)), end="")