diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/execdrivers/execdrivers_linux.go b/daemon/execdriver/execdrivers/execdrivers_linux.go
index e7b2be4160..f4785a64f2 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/execdrivers/execdrivers_linux.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/execdrivers/execdrivers_linux.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/execdriver"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/execdriver/lxc"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/execdriver/native"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ func NewDriver(name string, options []string, root, libPath, initPath string, sy
 		// we want to give the lxc driver the full docker root because it needs
 		// to access and write config and template files in /var/lib/docker/containers/*
 		// to be backwards compatible
+		logrus.Warn("LXC built-in support is deprecated.")
 		return lxc.NewDriver(root, libPath, initPath, sysInfo.AppArmor)
 	case "native":
 		return native.NewDriver(path.Join(root, "execdriver", "native"), initPath, options)
diff --git a/docs/misc/deprecated.md b/docs/misc/deprecated.md
index 7c327fde59..d943491a18 100644
--- a/docs/misc/deprecated.md
+++ b/docs/misc/deprecated.md
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ parent = "mn_use_docker"
 
 The following list of features are deprecated.
 
+### LXC built-in exec driver
+**Deprecated In Release: v1.8**
+
+**Target For Removal In Release: v1.10**
+
+The built-in LXC execution driver is deprecated for an external implementation.
+The lxc-conf flag and API fields will also be removed. 
+
 ### Old Command Line Options
 **Deprecated In Release: [v1.8.0](/release-notes/#docker-engine-1-8-0)**