diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/pylab.py b/IPython/core/magics/pylab.py
index 376d891..231a14f 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magics/pylab.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magics/pylab.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class PylabMagics(Magics):
 
         gui, backend, clobbered = self.shell.enable_pylab(args.gui, import_all=import_all)
         self._show_matplotlib_backend(args.gui, backend)
+        print ("%pylab is deprecated, use %matpltolib inline and import the required libraries.")
         print ("Populating the interactive namespace from numpy and matplotlib")
         if clobbered:
             warn("pylab import has clobbered these variables: %s"  % clobbered +