diff --git a/ros2trace_analysis/ros2trace_analysis/verb/convert.py b/ros2trace_analysis/ros2trace_analysis/verb/convert.py
index 62ea13f..9e0af21 100644
--- a/ros2trace_analysis/ros2trace_analysis/verb/convert.py
+++ b/ros2trace_analysis/ros2trace_analysis/verb/convert.py
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ from tracetools_analysis.convert import convert
 
 
 class ConvertVerb(VerbExtension):
-    """Convert trace data to a file."""
+    """Convert trace data to a file. DEPRECATED: use the 'process' verb directly."""
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser, cli_name):
         add_args(parser)
 
     def main(self, *, args):
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn("'convert' is deprecated, use 'process' directly instead", stacklevel=2)
         return convert(
             args.trace_directory,
             args.output_file_name,
diff --git a/tracetools_analysis/tracetools_analysis/convert.py b/tracetools_analysis/tracetools_analysis/convert.py
index 80d92ae..a79904a 100644
--- a/tracetools_analysis/tracetools_analysis/convert.py
+++ b/tracetools_analysis/tracetools_analysis/convert.py
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ def add_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
 
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description='Convert trace data to a file.')
+        description=(
+            'Convert trace data to a file. '
+            "DEPRECATED: use the 'process' verb directly."
+        ),
+    )
     add_args(parser)
     return parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -79,4 +83,6 @@ def main():
     trace_directory = args.trace_directory
     output_file_name = args.output_file_name
 
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn("'convert' is deprecated, use 'process' directly instead", stacklevel=2)
     convert(trace_directory, output_file_name)