1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/highlight.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/highlight.lua
index 36e3c2ad20..ddd504a0e0 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/highlight.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/highlight.lua
@@ -11,16 +11,25 @@ M.priorities = {
 
 ---@private
 function M.create(higroup, hi_info, default)
+  vim.deprecate('vim.highlight.create', 'vim.api.nvim_set_hl', '0.9')
   local options = {}
   -- TODO: Add validation
   for k, v in pairs(hi_info) do
     table.insert(options, string.format('%s=%s', k, v))
   end
-  vim.cmd(string.format([[highlight %s %s %s]], default and 'default' or '', higroup, table.concat(options, ' ')))
+  vim.cmd(
+    string.format(
+      [[highlight %s %s %s]],
+      default and 'default' or '',
+      higroup,
+      table.concat(options, ' ')
+    )
+  )
 end
 
 ---@private
 function M.link(higroup, link_to, force)
+  vim.deprecate('vim.highlight.link', 'vim.api.nvim_set_hl', '0.9')
   vim.cmd(string.format([[highlight%s link %s %s]], force and '!' or ' default', higroup, link_to))
 end