diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
index c98e1f0942..63d5223090 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ func (o *GetOptions) Run(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) e
 		return o.watch(f, cmd, args)
 	}
 
+	// openapi printing is mutually exclusive with server side printing
+	if o.PrintWithOpenAPICols && o.ServerPrint {
+		fmt.Fprintf(o.IOStreams.ErrOut, "warning: --%s requested, --%s will be ignored\n", useOpenAPIPrintColumnFlagLabel, useServerPrintColumns)
+	}
+
 	r := f.NewBuilder().
 		Unstructured().
 		NamespaceParam(o.Namespace).DefaultNamespace().AllNamespaces(o.AllNamespaces).
@@ -716,6 +721,7 @@ func (o *GetOptions) printGeneric(r *resource.Result) error {
 
 func addOpenAPIPrintColumnFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, opt *GetOptions) {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opt.PrintWithOpenAPICols, useOpenAPIPrintColumnFlagLabel, opt.PrintWithOpenAPICols, "If true, use x-kubernetes-print-column metadata (if present) from the OpenAPI schema for displaying a resource.")
+	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated(useOpenAPIPrintColumnFlagLabel, "deprecated in favor of server-side printing")
 }
 
 func addServerPrintColumnFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, opt *GetOptions) {