diff --git a/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h b/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
index 76301f888984..465bf38bceee 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/advanced_options.h
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@ struct AdvancedColumnFamilyOptions {
   // Default: true
   bool level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes = true;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // Allows RocksDB to generate files that are not exactly the target_file_size
   // only for the non-bottommost files. Which can reduce the write-amplification
   // from compaction. The file size could be from 0 to 2x target_file_size.
@@ -582,6 +584,8 @@ struct AdvancedColumnFamilyOptions {
   // Dynamically changeable through SetOptions() API
   uint64_t max_compaction_bytes = 0;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // When setting up compaction input files, we ignore the
   // `max_compaction_bytes` limit when pulling in input files that are entirely
   // within output key range.
@@ -697,6 +701,8 @@ struct AdvancedColumnFamilyOptions {
   // Default: false
   bool optimize_filters_for_hits = false;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // During flush or compaction, check whether keys inserted to output files
   // are in order.
   //
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/options.h b/include/rocksdb/options.h
index 9146f6d7bc4c..22bce40f40e7 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/options.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/options.h
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ struct DBOptions {
   // Default: true
   bool paranoid_checks = true;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // If true, during memtable flush, RocksDB will validate total entries
   // read in flush, and compare with counter inserted into it.
   //
@@ -512,6 +514,8 @@ struct DBOptions {
   // Default: true
   bool flush_verify_memtable_count = true;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // If true, during compaction, RocksDB will count the number of entries
   // read and compare it against the number of entries in the compaction
   // input files. This is intended to add protection against corruption
@@ -1206,6 +1210,8 @@ struct DBOptions {
   // currently.
   WalFilter* wal_filter = nullptr;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // If true, then DB::Open, CreateColumnFamily, DropColumnFamily, and
   // SetOptions will fail if options file is not properly persisted.
   //
@@ -1421,6 +1427,8 @@ struct DBOptions {
   // Default: kNonVolatileBlockTier
   CacheTier lowest_used_cache_tier = CacheTier::kNonVolatileBlockTier;
 
+  // DEPRECATED: This function might be removed in a future release.
+  //
   // If set to false, when compaction or flush sees a SingleDelete followed by
   // a Delete for the same user key, compaction job will not fail.
   // Otherwise, compaction job will fail.
diff --git a/unreleased_history/public_api_changes/deprecate_unsafe_or_outdated_options.md b/unreleased_history/public_api_changes/deprecate_unsafe_or_outdated_options.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93e359462df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unreleased_history/public_api_changes/deprecate_unsafe_or_outdated_options.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecated several options: `level_compaction_dynamic_file_size`, `ignore_max_compaction_bytes_for_input`, `check_flush_compaction_key_order`, `flush_verify_memtable_count`, `compaction_verify_record_count`, `fail_if_options_file_error`, and `enforce_single_del_contracts`