diff --git a/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc b/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc
index dbac6997ff433..54ca7a5a17efc 100644
--- a/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ of buckets to try to represent.
 
 [horizontal]
 [[visualization-colormapping]]`visualization:colorMapping`::
+**Deprecated**
 Maps values to specified colors in visualizations.
 
 [[visualization-dimmingopacity]]`visualization:dimmingOpacity`::
diff --git a/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts
index 0123459bd25d2..35468a71608c4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ export class ChartsServerPlugin implements Plugin<object, object> {
         description: i18n.translate('charts.advancedSettings.visualization.colorMappingText', {
           defaultMessage: 'Maps values to specified colors within visualizations',
         }),
+        deprecation: {
+          message: i18n.translate(
+            'charts.advancedSettings.visualization.colorMappingTextDeprecation',
+            {
+              defaultMessage: 'This setting is deprecated.',
+            }
+          ),
+          docLinksKey: 'visualizationSettings',
+        },
         category: ['visualization'],
         schema: schema.string(),
       },