diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/container/create.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/container/create.go
index 017f4b5ce..1dcbdf4cc 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/container/create.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/container/create.go
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ func initContainerCreateCmd() {
 	flags.StringVar(&containerACL, "basic-acl", acl.NamePrivate, fmt.Sprintf("HEX encoded basic ACL value or keywords like '%s', '%s', '%s'",
 		acl.NamePublicRW, acl.NamePrivate, acl.NamePublicROExtended,
 	))
+	_ = flags.MarkDeprecated("basic-acl", "it will be removed in the next version of frostfs-cli.") // No error, flag exists.
+
 	flags.StringVarP(&containerPolicy, "policy", "p", "", "QL-encoded or JSON-encoded placement policy or path to file with it")
 	flags.StringSliceVarP(&containerAttributes, "attributes", "a", nil, "Comma separated pairs of container attributes in form of Key1=Value1,Key2=Value2")
 	flags.BoolVar(&containerAwait, "await", false, "Block execution until container is persisted")