diff --git a/news/resampler-dep-warn.rst b/news/resampler-dep-warn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87d8b643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/resampler-dep-warn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* resample function in resampler. Replaced with wsinterp with better functionality.
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/utils/resampler.py b/src/diffpy/utils/resampler.py
index e88c4f0b..a924aa45 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/utils/resampler.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/utils/resampler.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 """Various utilities related to data parsing and manipulation."""
 
+import warnings
+
 import numpy
 
 
@@ -97,6 +99,13 @@ def resample(r, s, dr):
     Returns resampled (r, s).
     """
 
+    warnings.warn(
+        "The 'resample' function is deprecated and will be removed in a future release (3.8.0). \n"
+        "'resample' has been renamed 'wsinterp' to better reflect functionality. Please use 'wsinterp' instead.",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
+
     dr0 = r[1] - r[0]  # Constant timestep
 
     if dr0 < dr: