diff --git a/lib/domain.js b/lib/domain.js
index d6958b2c30c7e4..355c09c6e93f7d 100644
--- a/lib/domain.js
+++ b/lib/domain.js
@@ -314,4 +314,5 @@ Domain.prototype.dispose = util.deprecate(function() {
   // mark this domain as 'no longer relevant'
   // so that it can't be entered or activated.
   this._disposed = true;
-});
+}, 'Domain.dispose is deprecated. Recover from failed I/O actions explicitly ' +
+    'via error event handlers set on the domain instead.');