diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
index 4ad2c325eeb..594f9fc42d0 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
@@ -3637,6 +3637,12 @@ def label_encoding(self, cats, dtype=None, na_sentinel=-1):
         dtype: int8
         """
 
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Series.label_encoding is deprecated and will be removed in the future.\
+                 Consider using cuML's LabelEncoder instead",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+
         def _return_sentinel_series():
             return Series(
                 cudf.core.column.full(