diff --git a/meld-upstream.sh b/meld-upstream.sh
index 7fc4df3..9405daa 100755
--- a/meld-upstream.sh
+++ b/meld-upstream.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 nohup meld ~/minetest/games/Bucket_Game patches/deprecated/merged-upstream/Bucket_Game &
+echo
+sleep 1
+echo "This script is not maintained. see also ./prepatch.sh with --meld option"
+echo
diff --git a/patches/branch.sh b/patches/branch.sh
index 569cfff..aac0622 100755
--- a/patches/branch.sh
+++ b/patches/branch.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+echo "use prepatch.sh instead (which now uses and requires branch name)"
+exit 0
 master=~/minetest/games/Bucket_Game
 branches=~/git/1.pull-requests/Bucket_Game-branches
 if [ ! -d "$branches" ]; then