diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 661c16353b0dc4..69e75f5db0952a 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1303,11 +1303,13 @@ function _airyx(k::Integer, z::Complex128)
     end
 end
 
-for afn in (:airy,:airyx)
+for 
+    in (:airy,:airyx)
     _afn = Symbol("_"*string(afn))
     suf  = string(afn)[5:end]
     @eval begin
         function $afn(k::Integer, z::Complex128)
+            afn = $(QuoteNode(afn))
             depwarn("`$afn(k,x)` is deprecated, use `airyai$suf(x)`, `airyaiprime$suf(x)`, `airybi$suf(x)` or `airybiprime$suf(x)` instead.",$(QuoteNode(afn)))
             $_afn(k,z)
         end