diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/inventory_import.py b/awx/main/management/commands/inventory_import.py
index 7f87694cbe..797a211b79 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/inventory_import.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/inventory_import.py
@@ -1253,6 +1253,11 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
         except re.error:
             raise CommandError('invalid regular expression for --host-filter')
 
+        '''
+        TODO: Remove this deprecation when we remove support for rax.py
+        '''
+        self.logger.info("Rackspace inventory sync is Deprecated in Tower 3.1.0 and support for Rackspace will be removed in a future release.")
+
         begin = time.time()
         self.load_inventory_from_database()