diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js b/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js
index 3a664a782a80df060e6d5e6d7099e2d46e052fd0..0a9ba5c96477141305d62bf5968a725df62aa889 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 
 async function raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, packageFiles) {
-  if (config.suppressNotifications && config.suppressNotifications.includes('deprecationWarningIssues')) {
+  if (!config.repoIsOnboarded) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (
+    config.suppressNotifications &&
+    config.suppressNotifications.includes('deprecationWarningIssues')
+  ) {
     return;
   }
   const deprecatedPackages = {};
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/process/__snapshots__/deprecated.spec.js.snap b/test/workers/repository/process/__snapshots__/deprecated.spec.js.snap
index 158bc132b43f5b8b30729f94c63338ac4a9ac59c..2a743008502fe5495f8aa7a5f62960616a89be1f 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/process/__snapshots__/deprecated.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/workers/repository/process/__snapshots__/deprecated.spec.js.snap
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ Array [
 
 Please take the actions necessary to rename or substitute this deprecated package and commit to your base branch. If you wish to ignore this deprecation warning and continue using \`foo\` as-is, please add it to your [ignoreDeps](https://renovatebot.com/docs/configuration-options/#ignoredeps) array in Renovate config before closing this issue, otherwise another issue will be recreated the next time Renovate runs.
 
-Affected package file(s): \`package.json\`, \`frontend/package.json\`",
+Affected package file(s): \`package.json\`, \`frontend/package.json\`
+
+ Would you like to disable Renovate's deprecation warning issues? Add the following to your config:
+
+\`\`\`
+\\"suppressNotifications\\": [\\"deprecationWarningIssues\\"]
+\`\`\`
+
+",
   ],
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js b/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js
index efb416f4e248f865be1ba32a326cc08387f10abd..2ae2d15ca9adbca16277ca450c5904cd10daa4b1 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js
+++ b/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ const {
 
 describe('workers/repository/process/deprecated', () => {
   describe('raiseDeprecationWarnings()', () => {
+    it('returns if onboarding', async () => {
+      const config = {};
+      await raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, {});
+    });
     it('returns if disabled', async () => {
       const config = {
+        repoIsOnboarded: true,
         suppressNotifications: ['deprecationWarningIssues'],
       };
       await raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, {});
     });
     it('raises deprecation warnings', async () => {
       const config = {
+        repoIsOnboarded: true,
         suppressNotifications: [],
       };
       const packageFiles = {