diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 522e673be..3df7bfdb7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ The following RPC commands have been deprecated:
  - construct_virtio_pci_scsi_bdev
  - construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev
  - construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev
+ - remove_virtio_scsi_bdev
 
-They're replaced with a single `construct_virtio_dev` command that can create
-any type of Virtio bdev(s).
+The `construct_virtio_*` ones were replaced with a single `construct_virtio_dev`
+command that can create any type of Virtio bdev(s). `remove_virtio_scsi_bdev`
+was replaced with `remove_virtio_bdev` that can delete both Virtio Block and SCSI
+devices.
 
 ## v18.07:
 
diff --git a/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
index 96f6d795f..e96fb42aa 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_scsi_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	struct rpc_remove_virtio_dev req = {NULL};
 	int rc;
 
+	SPDK_WARNLOG("remove_virtio_scsi_bdev command has been deprecated and will be removed "
+		     "in the subsequent release. Please use remove_virtio_bdev instead.\n");
+
 	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_remove_virtio_dev,
 				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_remove_virtio_dev),
 				    &req)) {