diff --git a/mercurial/scmutil.py b/mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@
     return tree and tree[0] in ('range', 'rangepre', 'rangepost', 'rangeall')
 
 def revpairnodes(repo, revs):
+    repo.ui.deprecwarn("revpairnodes is deprecated, please use revpair", "4.6")
     ctx1, ctx2 = revpair(repo, revs)
     return ctx1.node(), ctx2.node()