diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
index a55184628c..de6823300e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rescue MissingEnvironmentVariables => e
   exec ENV["HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE"], *ARGV
 end
 
-def head_unsupported_error
+def output_unsupported_error
   $stderr.puts <<~EOS
     Please create pull requests instead of asking for help on Homebrew's GitHub,
     Discourse, Twitter or IRC.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ rescue BuildError => e
   Utils::Analytics.report_build_error(e)
   e.dump
 
-  head_unsupported_error if Homebrew.args.HEAD?
+  output_unsupported_error if Homebrew.args.HEAD? || e.formula.deprecated? || e.formula.disabled?
 
   exit 1
 rescue RuntimeError, SystemCallError => e
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ rescue RuntimeError, SystemCallError => e
   onoe e
   $stderr.puts e.backtrace if ARGV.debug?
 
-  head_unsupported_error if Homebrew.args.HEAD?
+  output_unsupported_error if Homebrew.args.HEAD?
 
   exit 1
 rescue MethodDeprecatedError => e