diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/add.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/add.py
index 05bdc21bf77..451965cd431 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/add.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/add.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ class AddCommand(InstallerCommand, InitCommand):
option(
"dev",
"D",
- "Add as a development dependency. (Deprecated)",
+ (
+ "Add as a development dependency. (Deprecated) Use"
+ " --group=dev instead."
+ ),
),
option("editable", "e", "Add vcs/path dependencies as editable."),
option(
diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/remove.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/remove.py
index 88ea83880af..0eba3907b38 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/remove.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/remove.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class RemoveCommand(InstallerCommand):
(
"Remove a package from the development dependencies."
" (Deprecated)"
+ " Use --group=dev instead."
),
),
option(