diff --git a/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs b/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
index 65dde713..7a23a6b6 100644
--- a/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Clients/RepositoryContentsClient.cs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// <param name="owner">The owner of the repository</param>
         /// <param name="name">The name of the repository</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
+        [Obsolete("Octokit's HTTP library now follows redirects by default - this API will be removed in a future release")]
         public Task<string> GetArchiveLink(string owner, string name)
         {
             return GetArchiveLink(owner, name, ArchiveFormat.Tarball, string.Empty);
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// <param name="name">The name of the repository</param>
         /// <param name="archiveFormat">The format of the archive. Can be either tarball or zipball</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
+        [Obsolete("Octokit's HTTP library now follows redirects by default - this API will be removed in a future release")]
         public Task<string> GetArchiveLink(string owner, string name, ArchiveFormat archiveFormat)
         {
             return GetArchiveLink(owner, name, archiveFormat, string.Empty);
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// <param name="archiveFormat">The format of the archive. Can be either tarball or zipball</param>
         /// <param name="reference">A valid Git reference.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
+        [Obsolete("Octokit's HTTP library now follows redirects by default - this API will be removed in a future release")]
         public Task<string> GetArchiveLink(string owner, string name, ArchiveFormat archiveFormat, string reference)
         {
             Ensure.ArgumentNotNullOrEmptyString(owner, "owner");
diff --git a/Octokit/Helpers/ApiExtensions.cs b/Octokit/Helpers/ApiExtensions.cs
index 877a6a64..1f35908d 100644
--- a/Octokit/Helpers/ApiExtensions.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Helpers/ApiExtensions.cs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ namespace Octokit
             return connection.Get<T>(uri, null, null);
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Octokit's HTTP library now follows redirects by default - this API will be removed in a future release")]
         public static Task<IApiResponse<T>> GetRedirect<T>(this IConnection connection, Uri uri)
         {
             Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(connection, "connection");
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/ApiConnection.cs b/Octokit/Http/ApiConnection.cs
index fb31b68d..dc6e0bdd 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/ApiConnection.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/ApiConnection.cs
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// <param name="uri">URI of the API resource to get</param>
         /// <returns>The URL returned by the API in the Location header</returns>
         /// <exception cref="ApiException">Thrown when an API error occurs, or the API does not respond with a 302 Found</exception>
+        [Obsolete("Octokit's HTTP library now follows redirects by default - this API will be removed in a future release")]
         public async Task<string> GetRedirect(Uri uri)
         {
             Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(uri, "uri");