diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes/cdda-span.txt b/DOCS/interface-changes/cdda-span.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53fd2b0b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes/cdda-span.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+deprecate `--cdda-span-a` and `--cdda-span-b`
diff --git a/stream/stream_cdda.c b/stream/stream_cdda.c
index 9d8a18a6a0..05f689f763 100644
--- a/stream/stream_cdda.c
+++ b/stream/stream_cdda.c
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ const struct m_sub_options stream_cdda_conf = {
         {"overlap", OPT_INT(search_overlap), M_RANGE(0, 75)},
         {"toc-offset", OPT_INT(toc_offset)},
         {"skip", OPT_BOOL(skip)},
-        {"span-a", OPT_INT(span[0])},
-        {"span-b", OPT_INT(span[1])},
+        {"span-a", OPT_INT(span[0]), .deprecation_message = "--start=#N"},
+        {"span-b", OPT_INT(span[1]), .deprecation_message = "--end=#N"},
         {"cdtext", OPT_BOOL(cdtext)},
         {0}
     },