diff --git a/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp b/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp
index ede89a83c256c52e0007da725c0021e310810042..c69df4bf9f109bc2d70a8500c995d30e20b0961c 100644
--- a/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp
+++ b/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ static const char *keywords[] = {
 
 PairMEAM::PairMEAM(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pair(lmp)
 {
+  if (comm->me == 0)
+    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style meam command is unsupported "
+                   "- please use pair_style meam/c instead");
+
   single_enable = 0;
   restartinfo = 0;
   one_coeff = 1;
diff --git a/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp b/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp
index fca24a22688753ac1b59b02480be95033248a386..45fee71c8dc1b16c27b4e60ffd41581175536e5f 100644
--- a/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp
+++ b/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 PairREAX::PairREAX(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pair(lmp)
 {
   if (comm->me == 0)
-    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style reax command will be deprecated "
-                   "soon - users should switch to pair_style reax/c");
+    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style reax command is unsupported"
+                   "- please switch to pair_style reax/c instead");
 
   single_enable = 0;
   restartinfo = 0;