diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -855,11 +855,11 @@
     }
 
     strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("Hard Fork options:"));
-    strUsage +=
-        HelpMessageOpt("-uahfstarttime=<n>",
-                       strprintf(_("UAHF activation (integer) POSIX "
-                                   "time, seconds since epoch (default: %u)"),
-                                 DEFAULT_UAHF_START_TIME));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt(
+        "-uahfstarttime=<n>",
+        strprintf(_("(Deprecated) UAHF activation (integer) "
+                    "POSIX time, seconds since epoch (default: %u)"),
+                  DEFAULT_UAHF_START_TIME));
 
     return strUsage;
 }
@@ -1408,14 +1408,17 @@
         return InitError(msg);
     }
 
-    const int64_t nProposedUAHFStartTime =
+    const int64_t uahfFromArgs =
         GetArg("-uahfstarttime", DEFAULT_UAHF_START_TIME);
-    if (!config.SetUAHFStartTime(nProposedUAHFStartTime)) {
-        return InitError(
-            strprintf(_("Unable to set uahfstarttime to the value (%d)"),
-                      nProposedUAHFStartTime));
-        assert(nProposedUAHFStartTime == config.GetUAHFStartTime());
+    if (uahfFromArgs != int64_t(DEFAULT_UAHF_START_TIME)) {
+        LogPrintf("WARNING: Deprecated use of -uahfstarttime=%d parameter\n",
+                  uahfFromArgs);
+    }
+    if (!config.SetUAHFStartTime(uahfFromArgs)) {
+        return InitError(strprintf(
+            _("Unable to set uahfstarttime to the value (%d)"), uahfFromArgs));
     }
+    assert(config.GetUAHFStartTime() == uahfFromArgs);
 
     // block pruning; get the amount of disk space (in MiB) to allot for block &
     // undo files