diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71dcd47..4e6b382 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
   snippets of config to be reused across many records, e.g. common dynamic rules
   across a set of services with service-specific pool values or a unified SFP
   value included in TXT records at the root of all zones.
+* SpfRecord is formally deprecated with an warning and will become a
+  ValidationError in 2.x
+* SpfDnsLookupProcessor is formally deprcated in favor of the version relocated
+  into https://github.com/octodns/octodns-spf and will be removed in 2.x
 
 #### Stuff
 
diff --git a/octodns/processor/spf.py b/octodns/processor/spf.py
index 6867a91..dee82ed 100644
--- a/octodns/processor/spf.py
+++ b/octodns/processor/spf.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class SpfDnsLookupProcessor(BaseProcessor):
 
     def __init__(self, name):
         self.log.debug(f"SpfDnsLookupProcessor: {name}")
+        self.log.warning(
+            'SpfDnsLookupProcessor is DEPRECATED in favor of the version relocated into octodns-spf and will be removed in 2.0'
+        )
         super().__init__(name)
 
     def _get_spf_from_txt_values(
diff --git a/octodns/record/spf.py b/octodns/record/spf.py
index ac59c57..9eb7a4a 100644
--- a/octodns/record/spf.py
+++ b/octodns/record/spf.py
@@ -10,5 +10,11 @@ class SpfRecord(_ChunkedValuesMixin, Record):
     _type = 'SPF'
     _value_type = _ChunkedValue
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.log.warning(
+            'The SPF record type is DEPRECATED in favor of TXT values and will become an ValidationError in 2.0'
+        )
+
 
 Record.register_type(SpfRecord)