diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
index f5b77b8ee765..ca2f0c811a5a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
@@ -1429,7 +1429,9 @@ public Collection<Fingerprint> getBuildFingerprints() {
     /**
      * Returns the log file.
      * @return The file may reference both uncompressed or compressed logs
-     */  
+     * @deprecated Assumes file-based storage of the log, which is not necessarily the case for Pipelines after JEP-210. Use other methods giving various kinds of streams such as {@link Run#getLogReader()},  {@link Run#getLogInputStream()}, or {@link Run#getLogText()}.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public @Nonnull File getLogFile() {
         File rawF = new File(getRootDir(), "log");
         if (rawF.isFile()) {