diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs
index 581a3611..960184f6 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/bot_commands.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
-use quote::quote;
+use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
 use syn::DeriveInput;
 
 pub(crate) fn bot_commands_impl(input: DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) fn bot_commands_impl(input: DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
 fn impl_commands(infos: &[Command]) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
     let commands = infos.iter().filter(|command| command.description_is_enabled()).map(|command| {
         let c = command.get_prefixed_command();
-        let d = command.description.as_deref().unwrap_or_default();
+        let d = command.description().unwrap_or_default();
         quote! { BotCommand::new(#c,#d) }
     });
 
@@ -61,11 +61,21 @@ fn impl_descriptions(infos: &[Command], global: &CommandEnum) -> proc_macro2::To
     let command_descriptions = infos
         .iter()
         .filter(|command| command.description_is_enabled())
-        .map(|Command { prefix, name, description, ..}| {
-            let description = description.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+        .map(|command @ Command { prefix, name, ..}| {
+            let description = command.description().unwrap_or_default();
             quote! { CommandDescription { prefix: #prefix, command: #name, description: #description } }
         });
 
+    let warnings = infos.iter().filter_map(|command| command.deprecated_description_off_span()).map(|span| {
+        quote_spanned! {  span =>
+            const _: () = {
+                #[deprecated(note="\n`description = \"off\"` is deprecated, use `hide` instead")]
+                struct Deprecated;
+                _ = Deprecated;
+            };
+        }
+    });
+
     let global_description = match global.description.as_deref() {
         Some(gd) => quote! { .global_description(#gd) },
         None => quote! {},
@@ -76,6 +86,8 @@ fn impl_descriptions(infos: &[Command], global: &CommandEnum) -> proc_macro2::To
             use teloxide::utils::command::{CommandDescriptions, CommandDescription};
             use std::borrow::Cow;
 
+            #(#warnings)*
+
             CommandDescriptions::new(&[
                 #(#command_descriptions),*
             ])
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs
index cd0bebc3..d26c85f7 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-macros/src/command.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use proc_macro2::Span;
+
 use crate::{
     command_attr::CommandAttrs, command_enum::CommandEnum, error::compile_error_at,
     fields_parse::ParserType, Result,
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Command {
     /// Prefix of this command, for example "/".
     pub prefix: String,
     /// Description for the command.
-    pub description: Option<String>,
+    pub description: Option<(String, Span)>,
     /// Name of the command, with all renames already applied.
     pub name: String,
     /// Parser for arguments of this command.
@@ -47,7 +49,6 @@ impl Command {
         };
 
         let prefix = prefix.map(|(p, _)| p).unwrap_or_else(|| global_options.prefix.clone());
-        let description = description.map(|(d, _)| d);
         let parser = parser.map(|(p, _)| p).unwrap_or_else(|| global_options.parser_type.clone());
         let hidden = hide.is_some();
 
@@ -59,8 +60,16 @@ impl Command {
         format!("{prefix}{name}")
     }
 
+    pub fn description(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.description.as_ref().map(|(d, _span)| &**d)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn description_is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
         // FIXME: remove the first, `== "off"`, check eventually
-        self.description != Some("off".to_owned()) && !self.hidden
+        self.description() != Some("off") && !self.hidden
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn deprecated_description_off_span(&self) -> Option<Span> {
+        self.description.as_ref().filter(|(d, _)| d == "off").map(|&(_, span)| span)
     }
 }