diff --git a/sbt-app/src/main/scala/package.scala b/sbt-app/src/main/scala/package.scala
index d2d5beab1..4db636e1c 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/main/scala/package.scala
+++ b/sbt-app/src/main/scala/package.scala
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ package object sbt
   // IO
   def uri(s: String): URI = new URI(s)
   def file(s: String): File = new File(s)
+
+  @deprecated("Use uri(...) instead", "2.0.2")
   def url(s: String): URI = new URI(s)
   implicit def fileToRichFile(file: File): sbt.io.RichFile = new sbt.io.RichFile(file)
   implicit def filesToFinder(cc: Iterable[File]): sbt.io.PathFinder =