diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 136cfa25f..9c2294e92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Calculate num_md_pages from num_md_pages_per_cluster_ratio, and pass it to spdk_
 
 New options `ktls` and `tls_version` were added to the `spdk_sock_opts` structure.
 
+Added warning message for `bdev_rbd_create`, if it is used without -c.
+`bdev_rbd_create()` API without specifying -c is deprecated and will be removed in future release.
+
 ## v22.05
 
 ### sock
diff --git a/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py b/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
index 49b9dcca9..f997efc8c 100644
--- a/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ def bdev_rbd_create(client, pool_name, rbd_name, block_size, name=None, user=Non
         params['config'] = config
     if cluster_name is not None:
         params['cluster_name'] = cluster_name
+    else:
+        print("WARNING:bdev_rbd_create should be used with specifying -c to have a cluster name after bdev_rbd_register_cluster.")
     if uuid is not None:
         params['uuid'] = uuid