diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index d1e3f0997d6b..a1e329ec24cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_init, "Forcibly become Master PF and initialize adapter,"
 static int dflt_msg_enable = DFLT_MSG_ENABLE;
 
 module_param(dflt_msg_enable, int, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(dflt_msg_enable, "Chelsio T4 default message enable bitmap");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(dflt_msg_enable, "Chelsio T4 default message enable bitmap, "
+		 "deprecated parameter");
 
 /*
  * The driver uses the best interrupt scheme available on a platform in the
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
index 1cc8a7a69457..730fec73d5a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ static int dflt_msg_enable = DFLT_MSG_ENABLE;
 
 module_param(dflt_msg_enable, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dflt_msg_enable,
-		 "default adapter ethtool message level bitmap");
+		 "default adapter ethtool message level bitmap, "
+		 "deprecated parameter");
 
 /*
  * The driver uses the best interrupt scheme available on a platform in the