diff --git a/Libraries/react-native/react-native-implementation.js b/Libraries/react-native/react-native-implementation.js
index d09e5c7942f..bf844940375 100644
--- a/Libraries/react-native/react-native-implementation.js
+++ b/Libraries/react-native/react-native-implementation.js
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ module.exports = {
     return require('../Share/Share');
   },
   get StatusBarIOS() {
+    warnOnce(
+      'StatusBarIOS-merged',
+      'StatusBarIOS has been merged with StatusBar and will be removed in a future release. Use StatusBar for mutating the status bar',
+    );
     return require('../Components/StatusBar/StatusBarIOS');
   },
   get StyleSheet() {