diff --git a/doc/source/admin/generic_driver.rst b/doc/source/admin/generic_driver.rst
index aabdac97c1..8d24d83f90 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/generic_driver.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/generic_driver.rst
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ Windows SMB driver when Windows VMs are preferred.
 For more details, please check out the following page:
 :ref:`windows_smb_driver`.
 
+.. note::
+   This driver has been deprecated in 18.0.0 release.
+
 The :mod:`manila.share.drivers.generic` Module
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/windows/windows_smb_driver.py b/manila/share/drivers/windows/windows_smb_driver.py
index 3dd32a505f..908470c277 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/windows/windows_smb_driver.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/windows/windows_smb_driver.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class WindowsSMBDriver(generic.GenericShareDriver):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(WindowsSMBDriver, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        LOG.warning('Windows SMB share driver has been deprecated and is '
+                    'expected to be removed in a future release.')
 
         self._remote_execute = winrm_helper.WinRMHelper(
             configuration=self.configuration).execute
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-smb-654983cf22856e31.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-smb-654983cf22856e31.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a4293fcb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-smb-654983cf22856e31.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The Windows SMB share driver has been deprecated and will be removed in
+    a future release.