1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index cdf768c9..8e0c15ec 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 * Monitoring check_http plugin
 *
 * License: GPL
-* Copyright (c) 1999-2013 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
+* Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
 *
 * Description:
 *
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 *****************************************************************************/
 
 const char *progname = "check_http";
-const char *copyright = "1999-2022";
+const char *copyright = "1999-2024";
 const char *email = "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
 
 // Do NOT sort those headers, it will break the build
@@ -1724,6 +1724,16 @@ print_help (void)
   printf ("%s\n", _("strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on"));
   printf ("%s\n", _("certificate expiration times."));
 
+  printf ("\n");
+  printf ("%s\n", _("ATTENTION!"));
+  printf ("\n");
+  printf ("%s\n", _("THIS PLUGIN IS DEPRECATED. The functionality was reimplemented by the"));
+  printf ("%s\n", _("check_curl plugin, which can be used as a drop-in replacement. You should"));
+  printf ("%s\n", _("migrate your checks over to check_curl, because check_http is going to be"));
+  printf ("%s\n", _("removed sooner than later. Just replace check_http with check_curl in your"));
+  printf ("%s\n", _("check command definitions."));
+  printf ("%s\n", _("Report issues to: https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/issues"));
+
   printf ("\n\n");
 
   print_usage ();
@@ -1805,7 +1815,7 @@ print_help (void)
   printf (" %s\n", "--invert-regex");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if found, OK if not (STATE is CRITICAL, per default)"));
   printf ("    %s\n", _("can be changed with --state--regex)"));
-  printf (" %s\n", "--regex-state=STATE");
+  printf (" %s\n", "--state-regex=STATE");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Return STATE if regex is found, OK if not\n"));
 
   printf (" %s\n", "-a, --authorization=AUTH_PAIR");