diff --git a/bin/ycsb b/bin/ycsb
index 8626a473c1c853b96bae0f394ab2a1324f7a6450..5d624d23f4fbb9efb153a6439e9f94066c319e6f 100755
--- a/bin/ycsb
+++ b/bin/ycsb
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ def main():
         warn("The 'couchbase' client has been deprecated. If you are using "
              "Couchbase 4.0+ try using the 'couchbase2' client instead.")
 
+    if binding == "hbase098":
+        warn("The 'hbase098' client has been deprecated because HBase 0.98 "
+             "is EOM. If you are using HBase 1.2+ try using the 'hbase12' "
+             "client instead.")
+
+    if binding == "hbase10":
+        warn("The 'hbase10' client has been deprecated because HBase 1.0 "
+             "is EOM. If you are using HBase 1.2+ try using the 'hbase12' "
+             "client instead.")
+
     if is_distribution():
         db_dir = os.path.join(ycsb_home, binding + "-binding")
         # include top-level conf for when we're a binding-specific artifact.
diff --git a/bin/ycsb.bat b/bin/ycsb.bat
index 1996e02342266ad35580552be6ed18b053e0cf93..747e707a69156a67a325552e1b50fe57ed4016f0 100644
--- a/bin/ycsb.bat
+++ b/bin/ycsb.bat
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ IF NOT "%BINDING_DIR%" == "couchbase" GOTO notOldCouchbase
 echo [WARN] The 'couchbase' client is deprecated. If you are using Couchbase 4.0+ try using the 'couchbase2' client instead.
 :notOldCouchbase
 
+@REM HBase 0.98 deprecation message
+IF NOT "%BINDING_DIR%" == "hbase098" GOTO not098HBase
+echo [WARN] The 'hbase098' client is deprecated because HBase 0.98 is EOM. If you are using HBase 1.2+ try using the 'hbase12' client instead.
+:not098HBase
+
+@REM HBase 1.0 deprecation message
+IF NOT "%BINDING_DIR%" == "hbase10" GOTO not10HBase
+echo [WARN] The 'hbase10' client is deprecated because HBase 1.0 is EOM. If you are using HBase 1.2+ try using the 'hbase12' client instead.
+:not10HBase
+
 @REM Get the rest of the arguments, skipping the first 2
 FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%G IN ("%*") DO (
   SET YCSB_ARGS=%%H
diff --git a/bin/ycsb.sh b/bin/ycsb.sh
index a157d6bb4f09cd3c344b1b62a1c09cd0df0a60b0..4da4062e48c20d1b080943fb0f5263aae4722b6a 100755
--- a/bin/ycsb.sh
+++ b/bin/ycsb.sh
@@ -231,6 +231,20 @@ if [ "${BINDING_DIR}" = "couchbase" ] ; then
 Couchbase 4.0+ try using the 'couchbase2' client instead."
 fi
 
+# HBase 0.98 deprecation message
+if [ "${BINDING_DIR}" = "hbase098" ] ; then
+  echo "[WARN] The 'hbase098' client is deprecated because HBase 0.98 \
+is EOM. If you are using HBase 1.2+ try using the 'hbase12' client \
+instead."
+fi
+
+# HBase 1.0 deprecation message
+if [ "${BINDING_DIR}" = "hbase10" ] ; then
+  echo "[WARN] The 'hbase10' client is deprecated because HBase 1.0 \
+is EOM. If you are using HBase 1.2+ try using the 'hbase12' client \
+instead."
+fi
+
 # For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if $CYGWIN; then
   [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=$(cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME")