diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/cephfs/driver.py b/manila/share/drivers/cephfs/driver.py
index 6117a7e27c..5964f600ba 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/cephfs/driver.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/cephfs/driver.py
@@ -1140,6 +1140,10 @@ class NFSProtocolHelper(NFSProtocolHelperMixin, ganesha.GaneshaNASHelper2):
         super(NFSProtocolHelper, self).__init__(execute, config_object,
                                                 **kwargs)
 
+        LOG.warning('The NFSProtocolHelper has been deprecated. Starting '
+                    'from the 2025.1 release, we will no longer support '
+                    'exporting NFS shares through a NFS Ganesha instance '
+                    'that not managed by the Ceph orchestrator.')
         if not hasattr(self, 'rados_client'):
             self.rados_client = kwargs.pop('rados_client')
         if not hasattr(self, 'volname'):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ceph-nfs-protocol-helper-ba5ec5095d9eaca7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ceph-nfs-protocol-helper-ba5ec5095d9eaca7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26c10f21c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ceph-nfs-protocol-helper-ba5ec5095d9eaca7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Usage of the NFSProtocolHelper with the CephFS driver has been
+    deprecated and it will be removed in the next skip-level release.