diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index 62b4a81297e..4e0ce2ffc1b 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -84,8 +84,12 @@ class K2JVMCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
 
     // Advanced options
 
+    @DeprecatedOption(removeAfter = "1.5", level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING)
     @GradleOption(DefaultValues.BooleanFalseDefault::class)
-    @Argument(value = "-Xuse-ir", description = "Use the IR backend")
+    @Argument(
+        value = "-Xuse-ir",
+        description = "Use the IR backend. This option has no effect unless the language version less than 1.5 is used"
+    )
     var useIR: Boolean by FreezableVar(false)
 
     @GradleOption(DefaultValues.BooleanFalseDefault::class)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out
index e17c509546c..323e5c2a4cd 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ where advanced options include:
                              Suppress deprecation warning about deprecated JVM target versions
   -Xsuppress-missing-builtins-error
                              Suppress the "cannot access built-in declaration" error (useful with -no-stdlib)
-  -Xuse-ir                   Use the IR backend
+  -Xuse-ir                   Use the IR backend. This option has no effect unless the language version less than 1.5 is used
   -Xuse-javac                Use javac for Java source and class files analysis
   -Xuse-old-backend          Use the old JVM backend
   -Xuse-old-class-files-reading Use old class files reading implementation. This may slow down the build and cause problems with Groovy interop.
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt
index d38233bd727..f4904ee5917 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptions.kt
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ interface KotlinJvmOptions  : org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonOption
      var noStdlib: kotlin.Boolean
 
     /**
-     * Use the IR backend
+     * Use the IR backend. This option has no effect unless the language version less than 1.5 is used
      * Default value: false
      */
+    @Deprecated(message = "This option has no effect and will be removed in a future release.", level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING)
      var useIR: kotlin.Boolean
 
     /**