diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
index ab8491da34cd..0e3fad45ff4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/go/module.nix
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ let
   });
 in
 lib.warnIf (buildFlags != "" || buildFlagsArray != "")
-  "Use the `ldflags` and/or `tags` attributes instead of `buildFlags`/`buildFlagsArray`"
+  "`buildFlags`/`buildFlagsArray` are deprecated and will be removed in the 24.11 release. Use the `ldflags` and/or `tags` attributes instead"
 lib.warnIf (builtins.elem "-buildid=" ldflags) "`-buildid=` is set by default as ldflag by buildGoModule"
 lib.warnIf (builtins.elem "-trimpath" GOFLAGS) "`-trimpath` is added by default to GOFLAGS by buildGoModule when allowGoReference isn't set to true"
 lib.warnIf (lib.any (lib.hasPrefix "-mod=") GOFLAGS) "use `proxyVendor` to control Go module/vendor behavior instead of setting `-mod=` in GOFLAGS"
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix b/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix
index 94a459c267f3..58a242a2535c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/go/package.nix
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ let
   });
 in
 lib.warnIf (buildFlags != "" || buildFlagsArray != "")
-  "Use the `ldflags` and/or `tags` attributes instead of `buildFlags`/`buildFlagsArray`"
+  "`buildFlags`/`buildFlagsArray` are deprecated and will be removed in the 24.11 release. Use the `ldflags` and/or `tags` attributes instead"
 lib.warnIf (builtins.elem "-buildid=" ldflags) "`-buildid=` is set by default as ldflag by buildGoModule"
 lib.warnIf (builtins.elem "-trimpath" GOFLAGS) "`-trimpath` is added by default to GOFLAGS by buildGoModule when allowGoReference isn't set to true"
   package