diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -615,6 +615,21 @@
     return request.params;
 }
 
+static UniValue getinfo_deprecated(const Config &config,
+                                   const JSONRPCRequest &request) {
+    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND,
+                       "getinfo\n"
+                       "\nThis call was removed in version 0.19.8. Use the "
+                       "appropriate fields from:\n"
+                       "- getblockchaininfo: blocks, difficulty, chain\n"
+                       "- getnetworkinfo: version, protocolversion, "
+                       "timeoffset, connections, proxy, relayfee, warnings\n"
+                       "- getwalletinfo: balance, keypoololdest, keypoolsize, "
+                       "paytxfee, unlocked_until, walletversion\n"
+                       "\nbitcoin-cli has the option -getinfo to collect and "
+                       "format these in the old format.");
+}
+
 // clang-format off
 static const ContextFreeRPCCommand commands[] = {
     //  category            name                      actor (function)        argNames
@@ -628,6 +643,7 @@
     { "hidden",             "setmocktime",            setmocktime,            {"timestamp"}},
     { "hidden",             "echo",                   echo,                   {"arg0","arg1","arg2","arg3","arg4","arg5","arg6","arg7","arg8","arg9"}},
     { "hidden",             "echojson",               echo,                   {"arg0","arg1","arg2","arg3","arg4","arg5","arg6","arg7","arg8","arg9"}},
+    { "hidden",             "getinfo",                getinfo_deprecated,     {}},
 };
 // clang-format on