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diff --git a/lisp/obsolete/uncompress.el b/lisp/obsolete/uncompress.el
index 9f9f4478aec..6790534d051 100644
--- a/lisp/obsolete/uncompress.el
+++ b/lisp/obsolete/uncompress.el
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ It then selects a major mode from the uncompressed file name and contents."
           ;; (setq error nil)
           t))))
 
+(message "The uncompress package is obsolete; use M-x auto-compression-mode")
+
 (provide 'uncompress)
 
 ;;; uncompress.el ends here