diff --git a/bin/ycsb b/bin/ycsb
index ad80d53facb37b59eeb9b280c992e7be69dca3f0..d3d95f7cbf07838a9aed3d08cbeff0fd2e7547d3 100755
--- a/bin/ycsb
+++ b/bin/ycsb
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ def main():
              "be removed in a future YCSB release.")
         binding = "accumulo1.6"
 
+    if binding == "accumulo1.6":
+        warn("The 'accumulo1.6' client has been deprecated because Accumulo 1.6 "
+             "is EOM. If you are using Accumulo 1.7+ try using the 'accumulo1.7' "
+             "client instead.")
+
     if binding == "cassandra2":
         warn("The 'cassandra2-cql' client has been deprecated. It has been "
              "renamed to simply 'cassandra-cql'. This alias will be removed"
diff --git a/bin/ycsb.bat b/bin/ycsb.bat
index 747e707a69156a67a325552e1b50fe57ed4016f0..ebf76e8e71b0042f47a3cd02876f57f88418b10b 100644
--- a/bin/ycsb.bat
+++ b/bin/ycsb.bat
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ echo [WARN] The 'accumulo' client has been deprecated in favor of version specif
 SET BINDING_DIR=accumulo1.6
 :notAliasAccumulo
 
+@REM Accumulo 1.6 deprecation message
+IF NOT "%BINDING_DIR%" == "accumulo1.6" GOTO notAccumulo16
+echo [WARN] The 'accumulo1.6' client has been deprecated because Accumulo 1.6 is EOM. If you are using Accumulo 1.7+ try using the 'accumulo1.7' client instead.
+:notAccumulo16
+
 @REM Cassandra2 deprecation message
 IF NOT "%BINDING_DIR%" == "cassandra2" GOTO notAliasCassandra
 echo [WARN] The 'cassandra2-cql' client has been deprecated. It has been renamed to simply 'cassandra-cql'. This alias will be removed in the next YCSB release.
diff --git a/bin/ycsb.sh b/bin/ycsb.sh
index 4da4062e48c20d1b080943fb0f5263aae4722b6a..ab899fc06f39f24b5d64c539d9df968cb663bc76 100755
--- a/bin/ycsb.sh
+++ b/bin/ycsb.sh
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ be removed in a future YCSB release."
   BINDING_DIR="accumulo1.6"
 fi
 
+# Accumulo 1.6 deprecation message
+if [ "${BINDING_DIR}" = "accumulo1.6" ] ; then
+  echo "[WARN] The 'accumulo' client has been deprecated because Accumulo 1.6 \
+is EOM. If you are using Accumulo 1.7+ try using the 'accumulo1.7' client \
+instead."
+fi
+
+
 # Cassandra2 deprecation message
 if [ "${BINDING_DIR}" = "cassandra2" ] ; then
   echo "[WARN] The 'cassandra2-cql' client has been deprecated. It has been \