diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 15330cf8..17dd3979 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changelog for Hoogle (* = API change, @ = database format change)
 
+    #411, switched to xdg directory and depracted legacy location
     Require and support crypton-connection >= 0.4.1
 5.0.18.4, released 2024-01-14
     Don't test on GHC 9.2 or earlier
diff --git a/src/Action/CmdLine.hs b/src/Action/CmdLine.hs
index deccaf52..9543f26d 100644
--- a/src/Action/CmdLine.hs
+++ b/src/Action/CmdLine.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module Action.CmdLine(
     whenLoud, whenNormal
     ) where
 
+import Control.Monad (unless)
 import Data.List.Extra
 import Data.Version
 import General.Util
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import System.Console.CmdArgs
 import System.Directory
 import System.Environment
 import System.FilePath
+import System.IO
 
 data Language = Haskell | Frege deriving (Data,Typeable,Show,Eq,Enum,Bounded)
 
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ defaultDatabaseLang lang = do
     xdgLocation <- getXdgDirectory XdgData "hoogle"
     legacyLocation <- getAppUserDataDirectory "hoogle"
     canIgnoreLegacyPath <- not <$> doesPathExist legacyLocation
+    unless canIgnoreLegacyPath (hPutStrLn stderr "Warning: ~/.hoogle is deprecated. Consider moving it to $XDG_DATA_HOME/hoogle (commonly ~/.local/share/hoogle)")
     let dir = if canIgnoreLegacyPath then xdgLocation else legacyLocation
     pure $ dir </> "default-" ++ lower (show lang) ++ "-" ++ showVersion (trimVersion 3 version) ++ ".hoo"