diff --git a/IPython/consoleapp.py b/IPython/consoleapp.py
index 42226b9..c2bbe18 100644
--- a/IPython/consoleapp.py
+++ b/IPython/consoleapp.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Shim to maintain backwards compatibility with old IPython.consoleapp imports.
 
 from warnings import warn
 
-warn("The `IPython.consoleapp` package has been deprecated. "
-     "You should import from jupyter_client.consoleapp instead.", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+warn("The `IPython.consoleapp` package has been deprecated since IPython 4.0."
+     "You should import from jupyter_client.consoleapp instead.", stacklevel=2)
 
 from jupyter_client.consoleapp import *