diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/reset.py b/django/core/management/commands/reset.py
index 475fd25c1f..388045f726 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/reset.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/reset.py
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ class Command(AppCommand):
     output_transaction = True
 
     def handle_app(self, app, **options):
+        # This command breaks a lot and should be deprecated
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn(
+            'This command has been deprecated. The command ``flush`` can be used to delete everything. You can also use ALTER TABLE or DROP TABLE statements manually.',
+            PendingDeprecationWarning
+        )
         using = options.get('database', DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)
         connection = connections[using]
 
diff --git a/django/core/management/sql.py b/django/core/management/sql.py
index 01fc20fd4c..429f470637 100644
--- a/django/core/management/sql.py
+++ b/django/core/management/sql.py
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ def sql_delete(app, style, connection):
 
 def sql_reset(app, style, connection):
     "Returns a list of the DROP TABLE SQL, then the CREATE TABLE SQL, for the given module."
+    # This command breaks a lot and should be deprecated
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn(
+        'This command has been deprecated. The command ``sqlflush`` can be used to delete everything. You can also use ALTER TABLE or DROP TABLE statements manually.',
+        PendingDeprecationWarning
+    )
     return sql_delete(app, style, connection) + sql_all(app, style, connection)
 
 def sql_flush(style, connection, only_django=False):
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index 1f5758c877..4cd4807188 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ their deprecation, as per the :ref:`Django deprecation policy
           template variable, not an implied string. The new-style
           behavior is provided in the ``future`` template tag library.
 
+        * The :djadmin:`reset` and :djadmin:`sqlreset` management commands
+          are deprecated.
+
     * 2.0
         * ``django.views.defaults.shortcut()``. This function has been moved
           to ``django.contrib.contenttypes.views.shortcut()`` as part of the
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index 821b37fc5a..37e12c4cd8 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -491,6 +491,10 @@ several lines in language files.
 reset <appname appname ...>
 ---------------------------
 
+.. deprecated:: 1.3
+    This command has been deprecated. The ``flush`` can be used to delete
+    everything. You can also use ALTER TABLE or DROP TABLE statements manually.
+
 .. django-admin:: reset
 
 Executes the equivalent of ``sqlreset`` for the given app name(s).
@@ -844,6 +848,10 @@ which to print the SQL.
 sqlreset <appname appname ...>
 ------------------------------
 
+.. deprecated:: 1.3
+    This command has been deprecated. The ``sqlflush`` can be used to delete
+    everything. You can also use ALTER TABLE or DROP TABLE statements manually.
+
 .. django-admin:: sqlreset
 
 Prints the DROP TABLE SQL, then the CREATE TABLE SQL, for the given app name(s).
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.3.txt
index 0c2dedc481..f1a33b434c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.3.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.3.txt
@@ -468,3 +468,10 @@ in favor of a new :attr:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.login_form`
 attribute.
 
 .. _r12634: http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/12634
+
+``reset`` and ``sqlreset`` management commands
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Those commands have been deprecated. The ``flush`` and ``sqlflush`` commands
+can be used to delete everything. You can also use ALTER TABLE or DROP TABLE
+statements manually.