5 files changed, 10 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/python/header-py.c b/python/header-py.c
index 31d5edd72..008194073 100644
--- a/python/header-py.c
+++ b/python/header-py.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static PyObject * hdrUnload(hdrObject * s, PyObject * args, PyObject *keywords)
 
 static PyObject * hdrExpandFilelist(hdrObject * s)
 {
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("use hdr.convert() instead");
     headerConvert(s->h, HEADERCONV_EXPANDFILELIST);
 
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static PyObject * hdrExpandFilelist(hdrObject * s)
 
 static PyObject * hdrCompressFilelist(hdrObject * s)
 {
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("use hdr.convert() instead");
     headerConvert(s->h, HEADERCONV_COMPRESSFILELIST);
 
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static PyObject * hdrFullFilelist(hdrObject * s)
     rpmtd fileNames = rpmtdNew();
     Header h = s->h;
 
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("obsolete method");
     if (!headerIsEntry (h, RPMTAG_BASENAMES)
 	|| !headerIsEntry (h, RPMTAG_DIRNAMES)
 	|| !headerIsEntry (h, RPMTAG_DIRINDEXES))
@@ -239,12 +239,6 @@ static PyObject * hdrFormat(hdrObject * s, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds)
     return result;
 }
 
-static PyObject * hdrSprintf(hdrObject * s, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds)
-{
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
-    return hdrFormat(s, args, kwds);
-}
-
 static PyObject *hdrIsSource(hdrObject *s)
 {
     return PyBool_FromLong(headerIsSource(s->h));
@@ -293,7 +287,7 @@ static PyObject * hdrWrite(hdrObject *s, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 
 static PyObject * hdr_fiFromHeader(PyObject * s, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds)
 {
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("use convert() instead");
     return PyObject_Call((PyObject *) &rpmfi_Type,
 			 Py_BuildValue("(O)", s), kwds);
 }
@@ -325,7 +319,7 @@ static struct PyMethodDef hdr_methods[] = {
 	NULL },
     {"has_key",		(PyCFunction) hdrHasKey,	METH_O,
 	NULL },
-    {"sprintf",		(PyCFunction) hdrSprintf,	METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
+    {"sprintf",		(PyCFunction) hdrFormat,	METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
 	NULL },
     {"isSource",	(PyCFunction)hdrIsSource,	METH_NOARGS, 
 	NULL },
diff --git a/python/header-py.h b/python/header-py.h
index ad16e013c..8c9dd6811 100644
--- a/python/header-py.h
+++ b/python/header-py.h
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ extern PyTypeObject hdr_Type;
 
 #define hdrObject_Check(v)	((v)->ob_type == &hdr_Type)
 
-#define DEPRECATED_METHOD \
-    static int _warn = 0; \
-    if (!_warn) PyErr_Warn(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, "method is deprecated"); \
-    _warn = 1;
+#define DEPRECATED_METHOD(_msg) \
+    PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_PendingDeprecationWarning, (_msg), 2);
 
 extern PyObject * pyrpmError;
 
diff --git a/python/rpmds-py.c b/python/rpmds-py.c
index d4456e9d1..3818a9071 100644
--- a/python/rpmds-py.c
+++ b/python/rpmds-py.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void rpmds_ParseEVR(char * evr,
 static PyObject *
 rpmds_Count(rpmdsObject * s)
 {
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("use len(ds) instead");
     return Py_BuildValue("i", PyMapping_Size((PyObject *)s));
 }
 
diff --git a/python/rpmmi-py.c b/python/rpmmi-py.c
index e02389180..1d06b5ed9 100644
--- a/python/rpmmi-py.c
+++ b/python/rpmmi-py.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ rpmmi_Instance(rpmmiObject * s)
 static PyObject *
 rpmmi_Count(rpmmiObject * s)
 {
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("use len(mi) instead");
     return Py_BuildValue("i", PyMapping_Size((PyObject *)s));
 }
 
diff --git a/python/rpmts-py.c b/python/rpmts-py.c
index 82be3754e..3f440602d 100644
--- a/python/rpmts-py.c
+++ b/python/rpmts-py.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ rpmts_iternext(rpmtsObject * s)
 static PyObject *
 spec_Parse(rpmtsObject * s, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds)
 {
-    DEPRECATED_METHOD;
+    DEPRECATED_METHOD("use 'spec = rpm.spec(<specfile>)' instead");
     /* we could pass in the ts from here but hardly worth the trouble */
     return PyObject_Call((PyObject *) &spec_Type, args, kwds);
 }