diff --git a/source/blender/python/gpu/gpu_py_batch.c b/source/blender/python/gpu/gpu_py_batch.c
index 8fbbf1be12a..4123547da51 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/gpu/gpu_py_batch.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/gpu/gpu_py_batch.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(
     "   :type program: :class:`gpu.types.GPUShader`\n");
 static PyObject *pygpu_batch_program_set(BPyGPUBatch *self, BPyGPUShader *py_shader)
 {
+  
+    PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                 "calls to 'gpu.types.GPUBatch.program_set' is deprecated'",
+                 1);
+  
+  
   if (!BPyGPUShader_Check(py_shader)) {
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected a GPUShader, got %s", Py_TYPE(py_shader)->tp_name);
     return NULL;
@@ -227,6 +233,13 @@ static PyObject *pygpu_batch_draw(BPyGPUBatch *self, PyObject *args)
     GPU_batch_set_shader(self->batch, py_program->shader);
   }
 
+   if(args<2 || self<2)
+  {
+    PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                 "'GPU BATCH' program is deprecated. Please add a valid program parameter ",
+                 1);
+  }
+
   GPU_batch_draw(self->batch);
   Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
@@ -334,7 +347,7 @@ PyTypeObject BPyGPUBatch_Type = {
 PyObject *BPyGPUBatch_CreatePyObject(GPUBatch *batch)
 {
   BPyGPUBatch *self;
-
+  
 #ifdef USE_GPU_PY_REFERENCES
   self = (BPyGPUBatch *)_PyObject_GC_New(&BPyGPUBatch_Type);
   self->references = NULL;