diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 Git repository and inject into the SWH dataset all contained files that
 weren't known before.
 
-The main entry points are
+The main entry points are:
 
-- :class:`swh.loader.git.loader.GitLoader` for the main loader which ingests a remote git
-  repository's contents.
+- :class:`swh.loader.git.loader.GitLoader` for the main loader which can ingest either
+  local or remote git repository's contents. This is the main implementation deployed in
+  production.
 
-- :class:`swh.loader.git.from_disk.GitLoaderFromDisk` which ingests a local git clone
+- :class:`swh.loader.git.from_disk.GitLoaderFromDisk` which ingests only local git clone
   repository.
 
 - :class:`swh.loader.git.loader.GitLoaderFromArchive` which ingests a git repository
diff --git a/swh/loader/git/from_disk.py b/swh/loader/git/from_disk.py
--- a/swh/loader/git/from_disk.py
+++ b/swh/loader/git/from_disk.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     # dulwich >= 0.20
     from dulwich.objects import EmptyFileException
 
+from deprecated import deprecated
 import dulwich.objects
 import dulwich.repo
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
         last = field
 
 
+@deprecated(version="1.1", reason="Use `swh.loader.git.loader.GitLoader` instead")
 class GitLoaderFromDisk(DVCSLoader):
     """Load a git repository from a directory.
 
diff --git a/swh/loader/git/loader.py b/swh/loader/git/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/git/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/git/loader.py
@@ -497,6 +497,9 @@
         level=logging.DEBUG, format="%(asctime)s %(process)d %(message)s"
     )
 
+    from deprecated import deprecated
+
+    @deprecated(version="1.1", reason="Use `swh loader run git --help` instead")
     @click.command()
     @click.option("--origin-url", help="Origin url", required=True)
     @click.option("--base-url", default=None, help="Optional Base url")