diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index ba135268..f6f9c0b5 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -735,7 +735,12 @@ def session():
     """
     Returns a :class:`Session` for context-management.
 
+    .. deprecated:: 1.0.0
+
+        This method has been deprecated since version 1.0.0 and is only kept for
+        backwards compatibility. New code should use :class:`~requests.sessions.Session`
+        to create a session. This may be removed at a future date.
+
     :rtype: Session
     """
-
     return Session()