diff --git a/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh
index 0d1df97b0acd115fc1debfcbb7f35dad93c1e493..a64002a69d5fcd5655e4ee20c968fcb34613f5ef 100644
--- a/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/timeloop.hh>
+#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
+
+#warning "This file is deprecated. Use NewtonSolver instead."
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Dumux {
  */
 template <class Scalar,
           class Comm = Dune::CollectiveCommunication<Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator> >
-class NewtonController
+class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use NewtonSolver instead.") NewtonController
 {
 
 public:
diff --git a/dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh b/dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh
index 812702a25264af9ca457f55c757f27cebf590905..7264b3cedff741530657ae7a4a9e5a5ffae4a748 100644
--- a/dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh
+++ b/dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
+#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
+
+#warning "This file is deprecated. Use NewtonSolver instead."
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Dumux {
  * \tparam LinearSolver the linear solver used to solve one iteration
  */
 template <class NewtonController, class JacobianAssembler, class LinearSolver>
-class NewtonMethod
+class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use NewtonSolver instead.") NewtonMethod
 {
     //! provide an interface as a form of type erasure
     //! this is the minimal requirements a convergence write passed to a newton method has to fulfill
diff --git a/dumux/nonlinear/staggerednewtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/nonlinear/staggerednewtoncontroller.hh
index 634475d3513ecd1b203a71c41c4ad6d0cd484dd1..bedcf6d4ad2770325dfdddf33514827b232d5b3d 100644
--- a/dumux/nonlinear/staggerednewtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/nonlinear/staggerednewtoncontroller.hh
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/linearsolveracceptsmultitypematrix.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/matrixconverter.hh>
+#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
+
+#warning "This file is deprecated. Use NewtonSolver instead."
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
@@ -45,7 +48,8 @@ namespace Dumux {
 
 template <class Scalar,
           class Comm = Dune::CollectiveCommunication<Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator> >
-class StaggeredNewtonController : public NewtonController<Scalar, Comm>
+class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use NewtonSolver instead.")
+StaggeredNewtonController : public NewtonController<Scalar, Comm>
 {
     using ParentType = NewtonController<Scalar, Comm>;
 
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/compositional/privarswitchnewtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/compositional/privarswitchnewtoncontroller.hh
index 5f3e05987710abfb29e4129d9c8bec5a5eef2fdf..e91a14475890e83a3126abebecd170e037d43f40 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/compositional/privarswitchnewtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/compositional/privarswitchnewtoncontroller.hh
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
 #include <dumux/discretization/methods.hh>
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh>
+#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
+
+#warning "This file is deprecated. Use PriVarSwitchNewtonSolver instead."
 
 namespace Dumux
 {
@@ -44,7 +47,8 @@ namespace Dumux
  * \todo Implement for volume variable caching enabled
  */
 template <class TypeTag>
-class PriVarSwitchNewtonController : public NewtonController<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar)>
+class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use PriVarSwitchNewtonSolver instead.")
+PriVarSwitchNewtonController : public NewtonController<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar)>
 {
     using Scalar =  typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar);
     using ParentType = NewtonController<Scalar>;
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/newtoncontroller.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/newtoncontroller.hh
index 5ff4807f3698b81b96534f1f70a03b62d93edb39..7e8565275b69672a1f9bd6a5d85174e719db305f 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/newtoncontroller.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/newtoncontroller.hh
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 
 #include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtoncontroller.hh>
+#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
+
+#warning "This file is deprecated. Use RichardsNewtonSolver instead."
 
 namespace Dumux {
 /*!
@@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ namespace Dumux {
  *       or from possible ModelTraits.
  */
 template <class TypeTag>
-class RichardsNewtonController : public NewtonController<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar)>
+class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use RichardsNewtonSolver instead.")
+RichardsNewtonController : public NewtonController<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar)>
 {
     using Scalar = typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar);
     using ParentType = NewtonController<Scalar>;