diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 98fd25f55d7..2a6c26b2d3b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -2327,6 +2327,8 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
                 for d in kwargs['deprecations']:
                     if isinstance(d, SEQUENCETYPE) and len(d) == 2:
                         self.deprecate(d[0], version=d[1])
+                    elif isinstance(d, Mapping):
+                        self.deprecate(d['msg'], version=d.get('version', None))
                     else:
                         self.deprecate(d)
             else: