diff --git a/nova/conf/scheduler.py b/nova/conf/scheduler.py
index 61da10f9a24..a955d65bc94 100644
--- a/nova/conf/scheduler.py
+++ b/nova/conf/scheduler.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 The host manager manages the in-memory picture of the hosts that the scheduler
 uses. The options values are chosen from the entry points under the namespace
 'nova.scheduler.host_manager' in 'setup.cfg'.
+
+NOTE: The "ironic_host_manager" option is deprecated as of the 17.0.0 Queens
+release.
 """),
     cfg.StrOpt("driver",
         default="filter_scheduler",
@@ -320,6 +323,10 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt("use_baremetal_filters",
         deprecated_name="scheduler_use_baremetal_filters",
         deprecated_group="DEFAULT",
+        # NOTE(mriedem): We likely can't remove this option until the
+        # IronicHostManager is removed, and we likely can't remove that
+        # until all filters can at least not fail on ironic nodes, like the
+        # NUMATopologyFilter.
         deprecated_for_removal=True,
         deprecated_reason="""
 These filters were used to overcome some of the baremetal scheduling
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py b/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py
index 4e2b9a3b503..c19cee64324 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 subdivided into multiple instances.
 """
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_log import versionutils
 
 import nova.conf
 from nova import context as context_module
@@ -88,6 +89,13 @@ def _locked_consume_from_request(self, spec_obj):
 class IronicHostManager(host_manager.HostManager):
     """Ironic HostManager class."""
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(IronicHostManager, self).__init__()
+        msg = ('The IronicHostManager is deprecated and may be removed as '
+               'early as the 18.0.0 Rocky release. Deployments need to '
+               'schedule based on resource classes.')
+        versionutils.report_deprecated_feature(LOG, msg)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _is_ironic_compute(compute):
         ht = compute.hypervisor_type if 'hypervisor_type' in compute else None
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ironic-host-manager-bacb8d7b1e318e37.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ironic-host-manager-bacb8d7b1e318e37.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..334b1fa0db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ironic-host-manager-bacb8d7b1e318e37.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The `IronicHostManager` is now deprecated along with the
+    ``[scheduler]/host_manager`` option of ``ironic_host_manager``.
+
+    As of the 16.0.0 Pike release, the ``ExactRamFilter``, ``ExactCoreFilter``,
+    and ``ExactDiskFilter`` scheduler filters are all deprecated along with
+    the ``[scheduler]/use_baremetal_filters`` and
+    ``[scheduler]/baremental_enabled_filters`` options. Deployments should
+    migrate to using resource classes with baremetal flavors as described in
+    the ironic install guide:
+
+    https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/install/configure-nova-flavors.html#scheduling-based-on-resource-classes
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 31f506c42f5..60bb79db450 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ nova.ipv6_backend =
 
 nova.scheduler.host_manager =
     host_manager = nova.scheduler.host_manager:HostManager
+    # Deprecated starting from the 17.0.0 Queens release.
     ironic_host_manager = nova.scheduler.ironic_host_manager:IronicHostManager
 
 nova.scheduler.driver =