diff --git a/docs/ert/reference/configuration/queue.rst b/docs/ert/reference/configuration/queue.rst
index 49dcba922ba..6e299dc9611 100644
--- a/docs/ert/reference/configuration/queue.rst
+++ b/docs/ert/reference/configuration/queue.rst
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ The following is a list of available LSF configuration options:
 
     QUEUE_OPTION LSF LSF_QUEUE name_of_queue
 
+.. note::
+  It is preferred to use the generic option instead:
+  QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC QUEUE_NAME name_of_queue
+
 .. _lsf_resource:
 .. topic:: LSF_RESOURCE
 
@@ -264,6 +268,10 @@ The following is a list of all queue-specific configuration options:
 
     QUEUE_OPTION TORQUE QUEUE name_of_queue
 
+.. note::
+  It is preferred to use the generic option instead:
+  QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC QUEUE_NAME name_of_queue
+
 .. _torque_cluster_label:
 .. topic:: CLUSTER_LABEL
 
@@ -428,6 +436,10 @@ only the most necessary options have been added.
 
     QUEUE_OPTION SLURM PARTITION foo
 
+.. note::
+  It is preferred to use the generic option instead:
+  QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC QUEUE_NAME name_of_queue
+
 .. _slurm_squeue_timeout:
 .. topic:: SQUEUE_TIMEOUT
 
@@ -515,6 +527,7 @@ the `GENERIC` keyword. ::
     QUEUE_SYSTEM LSF
     QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC MAX_RUNNING 10
     QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC SUBMIT_SLEEP 2
+    QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC QUEUE_NAME some_name
 
 Is equivalent to::
 
diff --git a/src/ert/config/queue_config.py b/src/ert/config/queue_config.py
index c147b3210dd..45a0f87e818 100644
--- a/src/ert/config/queue_config.py
+++ b/src/ert/config/queue_config.py
@@ -300,11 +300,6 @@ def from_dict(cls, config_dict: ConfigDict) -> QueueConfig:
                 or (q_system == QueueSystem.SLURM and options[0] == "PARTITION")
                 or (q_system == QueueSystem.TORQUE and options[0] == "QUEUE")
             ):
-                ConfigWarning.deprecation_warn(
-                    f"Deprecated keyword: {options[0]} for QUEUE_OPTION {q_system}, use: "
-                    f"QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC QUEUE_NAME {options[1] if len(options) >= 2 else ''}",
-                    _raw_queue_options[i],
-                )
                 _raw_queue_options[i] = [
                     QueueSystemWithGeneric.GENERIC,
                     "QUEUE_NAME",
diff --git a/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py b/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py
index 5d32de91acd..4652144ebb5 100644
--- a/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py
+++ b/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ def test_default_activate_script_generation(expected, monkeypatch, venv):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        "queue_system, queue_option",
+    "queue_system, queue_option",
     (
         ("LSF", "LSF_QUEUE"),
         ("TORQUE", "QUEUE"),
@@ -533,9 +533,9 @@ def test_default_activate_script_generation(expected, monkeypatch, venv):
     ),
 )
 def test_deprecated_queue_name_initialization(queue_system, queue_option):
-    with pytest.warns(
-        ConfigWarning, match="Deprecated .* use: QUEUE_OPTION GENERIC QUEUE_NAME"
-    ):
+    assert (
         QueueConfig.from_dict(
             {"QUEUE_OPTION": [[queue_system, queue_option, "some_name"]]}
-        )
+        ).queue_options.queue_name
+        == "some_name"
+    )