diff --git a/scrapy/commands/queue.py b/scrapy/commands/queue.py
index dbede1414..63cf3b5c8 100644
--- a/scrapy/commands/queue.py
+++ b/scrapy/commands/queue.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ class Command(runserver.Command):
             raise UsageError()
         cmd = args[0]
 
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn("Scrapy queue command is deprecated - use Scrapyd instead.", \
+            DeprecationWarning)
+
         q = self.crawler.queue._queue
 
         if cmd == 'add' and len(args) < 2:
diff --git a/scrapy/commands/runserver.py b/scrapy/commands/runserver.py
index c40133418..9d7fd0615 100644
--- a/scrapy/commands/runserver.py
+++ b/scrapy/commands/runserver.py
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ class Command(ScrapyCommand):
         return "Deprecated command. Use 'server' command instead"
 
     def run(self, args, opts):
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn("Scrapy queue command is deprecated - use 'server' command instead.", \
+            DeprecationWarning)
         self.crawler.start()