diff --git a/src/beamerthememoloch.dtx b/src/beamerthememoloch.dtx
index a1bf4e44..1787c1b9 100644
--- a/src/beamerthememoloch.dtx
+++ b/src/beamerthememoloch.dtx
@@ -141,21 +141,26 @@
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
 %
+% \subsubsection{Process Package Options}
 %
-% \begin{macro}{\mreducelistspacing}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand{\mreducelistspacing}{\vspace{-\topsep}}
+\moloch@setdefaults
+\ProcessPgfOptions{/moloch}
 %    \end{macrocode}
-% \end{macro}
-%
 %
+% \subsubsection{Deprecated Functionality}
 %
-% \subsubsection{Process Package Options}
-%
+% \begin{macro}{\mreducelistspacing}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\moloch@setdefaults
-\ProcessPgfOptions{/moloch}
+\newcommand{%
+  \PackageWarning{moloch}{The ``mreducelistspacing'' macro is deprecated and
+    will be removed in a future version of the package. It is no longer
+    needed since there is no paragraph spacing by default.
+  }%
+  \mreducelistspacing}{\vspace{-\topsep}
+}
 %    \end{macrocode}
+% \end{macro}
 %
 % \iffalse
 %</package>