diff --git a/src/defaultRenderer.js b/src/defaultRenderer.js
index eee8fa7..5684ba1 100644
--- a/src/defaultRenderer.js
+++ b/src/defaultRenderer.js
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ export const defaultRenderer = (options = {}) => (tag, size, key, handlers = {})
 
   const className =  'tag-cloud-tag';
   const fontSize = size + 'px';
+  if (props.disableRandomColor) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.warn("Using deprecated property 'disableRandomColor' passed to prop option of defaultRenderer. "
+               + "It will be removed in the next major release and replaced with it's own option 'disableRandomColor'.");
+  }
   const color = (props.disableRandomColor || disableRandomColor) ? tag.color || undefined : randomColor(colorOptions);
 
   const eventHandlers = {};
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5fdb985..0feef96 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { defaultRenderer } from './defaultRenderer';
 
 const deprecatedRendererExport = (...args) => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  console.warn(`Using deprecated 'DefaultRenderer' import, it will be removed in the next release and replaced with 'defaultRenderer'.`);
+  console.warn(`Using deprecated 'DefaultRenderer' import, it will be removed in the next major release and replaced with 'defaultRenderer'.`);
   return defaultRenderer(...args);
 };