diff --git a/pkg/golinters/internal/diff_test.go b/pkg/golinters/internal/diff_test.go
index 51946b4f..7aa55578 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/internal/diff_test.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/internal/diff_test.go
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ index 0000000..6399915
 +// line
 `
 
-	log := logutils.NewMockLog()
-	log.On("Infof", "The diff contains only additions: no original or deleted lines: %#v", mock.Anything)
+	log := logutils.NewMockLog().
+		OnInfof("The diff contains only additions: no original or deleted lines: %#v", mock.Anything)
 
 	var noChanges []Change
 	testDiffProducesChanges(t, log, diff, noChanges...)
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator.go
index 364d5082..62100321 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package lintersdb
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils"
 )
 
 type Validator struct {
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ func (v Validator) Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	validators := []func(cfg *config.Linters) error{
 		v.validateLintersNames,
 		v.validatePresets,
+		v.alternativeNamesDeprecation,
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range validators {
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ func (v Validator) Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
 }
 
 func (v Validator) validateLintersNames(cfg *config.Linters) error {
-	allNames := append([]string{}, cfg.Enable...)
+	allNames := cfg.Enable
 	allNames = append(allNames, cfg.Disable...)
 
 	var unknownNames []string
@@ -75,3 +78,34 @@ func (v Validator) validatePresets(cfg *config.Linters) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (v Validator) alternativeNamesDeprecation(cfg *config.Linters) error {
+	if v.m.cfg.InternalTest || v.m.cfg.InternalCmdTest || os.Getenv(logutils.EnvTestRun) == "1" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	altNames := map[string][]string{}
+	for _, lc := range v.m.GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() {
+		for _, alt := range lc.AlternativeNames {
+			altNames[alt] = append(altNames[alt], lc.Name())
+		}
+	}
+
+	names := cfg.Enable
+	names = append(names, cfg.Disable...)
+
+	for _, name := range names {
+		lc, ok := altNames[name]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if len(lc) > 1 {
+			v.m.log.Warnf("The linter named %q is deprecated. It has been split into: %s.", name, strings.Join(lc, ", "))
+		} else {
+			v.m.log.Warnf("The name %q is deprecated. The linter has been renamed to: %s.", name, lc[0])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator_test.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator_test.go
index 1bfeb707..d9e36760 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils"
 )
 
 type validateErrorTestCase struct {
@@ -215,3 +216,27 @@ func TestValidator_validatePresets_error(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidator_alternativeNamesDeprecation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv(logutils.EnvTestRun, "0")
+
+	log := logutils.NewMockLog().
+		OnWarnf("The name %q is deprecated. The linter has been renamed to: %s.", "vet", "govet").
+		OnWarnf("The name %q is deprecated. The linter has been renamed to: %s.", "vetshadow", "govet").
+		OnWarnf("The name %q is deprecated. The linter has been renamed to: %s.", "logrlint", "loggercheck").
+		OnWarnf("The linter named %q is deprecated. It has been split into: %s.", "megacheck", "gosimple, staticcheck, unused").
+		OnWarnf("The name %q is deprecated. The linter has been renamed to: %s.", "gas", "gosec")
+
+	m, err := NewManager(log, nil, NewLinterBuilder())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	v := NewValidator(m)
+
+	cfg := &config.Linters{
+		Enable:  []string{"vet", "vetshadow", "logrlint"},
+		Disable: []string{"megacheck", "gas"},
+	}
+
+	err = v.alternativeNamesDeprecation(cfg)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/logutils/mock.go b/pkg/logutils/mock.go
index efda8cc2..bddcf855 100644
--- a/pkg/logutils/mock.go
+++ b/pkg/logutils/mock.go
@@ -13,28 +13,23 @@ func NewMockLog() *MockLog {
 }
 
 func (m *MockLog) Fatalf(format string, args ...any) {
-	mArgs := []any{format}
-	m.Called(append(mArgs, args...)...)
+	m.Called(append([]any{format}, args...)...)
 }
 
 func (m *MockLog) Panicf(format string, args ...any) {
-	mArgs := []any{format}
-	m.Called(append(mArgs, args...)...)
+	m.Called(append([]any{format}, args...)...)
 }
 
 func (m *MockLog) Errorf(format string, args ...any) {
-	mArgs := []any{format}
-	m.Called(append(mArgs, args...)...)
+	m.Called(append([]any{format}, args...)...)
 }
 
 func (m *MockLog) Warnf(format string, args ...any) {
-	mArgs := []any{format}
-	m.Called(append(mArgs, args...)...)
+	m.Called(append([]any{format}, args...)...)
 }
 
 func (m *MockLog) Infof(format string, args ...any) {
-	mArgs := []any{format}
-	m.Called(append(mArgs, args...)...)
+	m.Called(append([]any{format}, args...)...)
 }
 
 func (m *MockLog) Child(name string) Log {
@@ -45,3 +40,43 @@ func (m *MockLog) Child(name string) Log {
 func (m *MockLog) SetLevel(level LogLevel) {
 	m.Called(level)
 }
+
+func (m *MockLog) OnFatalf(format string, args ...any) *MockLog {
+	arguments := append([]any{format}, args...)
+
+	m.On("Fatalf", arguments...)
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *MockLog) OnPanicf(format string, args ...any) *MockLog {
+	arguments := append([]any{format}, args...)
+
+	m.On("Panicf", arguments...)
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *MockLog) OnErrorf(format string, args ...any) *MockLog {
+	arguments := append([]any{format}, args...)
+
+	m.On("Errorf", arguments...)
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *MockLog) OnWarnf(format string, args ...any) *MockLog {
+	arguments := append([]any{format}, args...)
+
+	m.On("Warnf", arguments...)
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m *MockLog) OnInfof(format string, args ...any) *MockLog {
+	arguments := append([]any{format}, args...)
+
+	m.On("Infof", arguments...)
+
+	return m
+}