diff --git a/docs/guide/upgrading.md b/docs/guide/upgrading.md
index 673ab610e82..709a76d0523 100644
--- a/docs/guide/upgrading.md
+++ b/docs/guide/upgrading.md
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ faker.number.float({ max: 100, precision: 0.01 }); // 35.21
 | `faker.datatype.float`  | `faker.number.float`                       |
 | `faker.datatype.bigInt` | `faker.number.bigInt`                      |
 
+### Deprecation of `faker.datatype.array`
+
+The method `faker.datatype.array` has been deprecated and will be removed in v9.
+If you need an array of useful values, you are better off creating your own one using `faker.helpers.multiple`.
+
 ### `allowLeadingZeros` behavior change in `faker.string.numeric`
 
 The `allowLeadingZeros` boolean parameter in `faker.string.numeric` (in the new `string` module) now defaults to `true`. `faker.string.numeric` will now generate numeric strings that could have leading zeros by default.
diff --git a/src/modules/datatype/index.ts b/src/modules/datatype/index.ts
index bf07cfd57a0..6a03362f486 100644
--- a/src/modules/datatype/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/datatype/index.ts
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ export class DatatypeModule {
    * faker.datatype.array({ min: 3, max: 5 }) // [ 99403, 76924, 42281, "Q'|$&y\\G/9" ]
    *
    * @since 5.5.0
+   *
+   * @deprecated Use your own function to build complex arrays.
    */
   array(
     length:
@@ -434,6 +436,13 @@ export class DatatypeModule {
           max: number;
         } = 10
   ): Array<string | number> {
+    deprecated({
+      deprecated: 'faker.datatype.array()',
+      proposed: 'your own function to build complex arrays',
+      since: '8.0',
+      until: '9.0',
+    });
+
     return this.faker.helpers.multiple(
       () =>
         this.boolean() ? this.faker.string.sample() : this.faker.number.int(),