diff --git a/model/Image.php b/model/Image.php
index 0953ed8a7..9bd90428b 100644
--- a/model/Image.php
+++ b/model/Image.php
@@ -148,8 +148,12 @@ class Image extends File {
 	/**
 	 * File names are filtered through {@link FileNameFilter}, see class documentation
 	 * on how to influence this behaviour.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated 3.2
 	 */
 	public function loadUploadedImage($tmpFile) {
+		Deprecation::notice('3.2', 'Use the Upload::loadIntoFile()');
+
 		if(!is_array($tmpFile)) {
 			user_error("Image::loadUploadedImage() Not passed an array.  Most likely, the form hasn't got the right"
 				. "enctype", E_USER_ERROR);