diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 08d441316..a4d50a156 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # teal.data 0.6.0.9012
 
+### Deprecations
+
+- `get_code(datanames)` `S4` method parameter for `teal_data()` object was soft deprecated. Use `get_code(names)`.
+
 ### Enhancements
 
 - `datanames()`
diff --git a/R/teal_data-get_code.R b/R/teal_data-get_code.R
index d74435bd6..d2be769ef 100644
--- a/R/teal_data-get_code.R
+++ b/R/teal_data-get_code.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Get code from `teal_data` object
 #'
-#' Retrieve code from `teal_data` object.
+#' #' `r lifecycle::badge("deprecated")` Retrieve code from `teal_data` object.
 #'
 #' Retrieve code stored in `@code`, which (in principle) can be used to recreate all objects found in `@env`.
 #' Use `datanames` to limit the code to one or more of the datasets enumerated in `@datanames`.
@@ -104,11 +104,14 @@
 #'
 #' @export
 setMethod("get_code", signature = "teal_data", definition = function(object, deparse = TRUE, datanames = NULL, ...) {
+
   checkmate::assert_character(datanames, min.len = 1L, null.ok = TRUE)
   checkmate::assert_flag(deparse)
 
   code <- if (!is.null(datanames)) {
+    warning("get_code(datanames) was deprecated in teal.data 0.6.1, use get_code(names) instead.")
     get_code_dependency(object@code, datanames, ...)
+
   } else {
     object@code
   }
diff --git a/man/get_code.Rd b/man/get_code.Rd
index 29b3a4134..8ac100eca 100644
--- a/man/get_code.Rd
+++ b/man/get_code.Rd
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Either a character string or an expression. If \code{datanames} is used to reque
 only code that \emph{creates} that dataset (not code that uses it) is returned. Otherwise, all contents of \verb{@code}.
 }
 \description{
-Retrieve code from \code{teal_data} object.
+#' \ifelse{html}{\href{https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#deprecated}{\figure{lifecycle-deprecated.svg}{options: alt='[Deprecated]'}}}{\strong{[Deprecated]}} Retrieve code from \code{teal_data} object.
 }
 \details{
 Retrieve code stored in \verb{@code}, which (in principle) can be used to recreate all objects found in \verb{@env}.