diff --git a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
index 28016fc860ed2..3f118e37f1f81 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ void PaymentServer::handleURIOrFile(const QString& s)
         if (uri.hasQueryItem("r")) // payment request URI
         {
 #ifdef ENABLE_BIP70
+            Q_EMIT message(tr("URI handling"),
+                tr("You are using a BIP70 URL which will be unsupported in the future."),
+                CClientUIInterface::ICON_WARNING);
             QByteArray temp;
             temp.append(uri.queryItemValue("r"));
             QString decoded = QUrl::fromPercentEncoding(temp);