diff --git a/dumux/common/properties.hh b/dumux/common/properties.hh
index fc72e9cc043316492eb5030fe985c65c73c8d8c0..a61b16a2c0a7330ef3b4dbe92068ae07a29786f5 100644
--- a/dumux/common/properties.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/properties.hh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct ElementBoundaryTypes { using type = UndefinedProperty; };
 
 // TODO: Remove deprecated property FVGridGeometry after 3.1
 template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct FVGridGeometry { using type = UndefinedProperty; };                      //!< The type of the global finite volume geometry
+struct [[deprecated("Use GridGeometry instead.")]] FVGridGeometry { using type = UndefinedProperty; }; //!< The type of the global finite volume geometry
 
 // Dumux 3.1 changes the property `FVGridGeometry` to `GridGeometry`.
 // For ensuring backward compatibility, it is necessary to set the default value