diff --git a/django/newforms/models.py b/django/newforms/models.py
index 77b2b321e4..4eb61761a1 100644
--- a/django/newforms/models.py
+++ b/django/newforms/models.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Helper functions for creating Form classes from Django models
 and database field objects.
 """
 
+from warnings import warn
+
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ def form_for_model(model, form=BaseForm, fields=None,
     determining the formfield for a given database field. It's a callable that
     takes a database Field instance and returns a form Field instance.
     """
+    warn("form_for_model is deprecated, use ModelForm instead.",
+        PendingDeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=3)
     opts = model._meta
     field_list = []
     for f in opts.fields + opts.many_to_many:
@@ -109,6 +114,9 @@ def form_for_instance(instance, form=BaseForm, fields=None,
     takes a database Field instance, plus **kwargs, and returns a form Field
     instance with the given kwargs (i.e. 'initial').
     """
+    warn("form_for_instance is deprecated, use ModelForm instead.",
+        PendingDeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=3)
     model = instance.__class__
     opts = model._meta
     field_list = []