diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index e85bf51a..2cd6ee80 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -1249,13 +1249,20 @@ func (c *Command) persistentFlag(name string) (flag *flag.Flag) {
 }
 
 // ParseFlags parses persistent flag tree and local flags.
-func (c *Command) ParseFlags(args []string) (err error) {
+func (c *Command) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	if c.DisableFlagParsing {
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	beforeErrorBufLen := c.flagErrorBuf.Len()
 	c.mergePersistentFlags()
-	err = c.Flags().Parse(args)
-	return
+	err := c.Flags().Parse(args)
+	// Print warnings if they occurred (e.g. deprecated flag messages).
+	if c.flagErrorBuf.Len()-beforeErrorBufLen > 0 && err == nil {
+		c.Print(c.flagErrorBuf.String())
+	}
+
+	return err
 }
 
 // Parent returns a commands parent command.
diff --git a/command_test.go b/command_test.go
index 978bacc5..f4fe1464 100644
--- a/command_test.go
+++ b/command_test.go
@@ -298,3 +298,23 @@ func TestMergeCommandLineToFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	// Reset pflag.CommandLine flagset.
 	pflag.CommandLine = pflag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], pflag.ExitOnError)
 }
+
+// TestUseDeprecatedFlags checks,
+// if cobra.Execute() prints a message, if a deprecated flag is used.
+// Related to https://github.com/spf13/cobra/issues/463.
+func TestUseDeprecatedFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &Command{Use: "c", Run: func(*Command, []string) {}}
+	output := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	c.SetOutput(output)
+	c.Flags().BoolP("deprecated", "d", false, "deprecated flag")
+	c.Flags().MarkDeprecated("deprecated", "This flag is deprecated")
+
+	c.SetArgs([]string{"c", "-d"})
+	if err := c.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Error("Unexpected error:", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(output.String(), "This flag is deprecated") {
+		t.Errorf("Expected to contain deprecated message, but got %q", output.String())
+	}
+
+}