diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index 2b5fe3245..ee66461e3 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,16 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
       << (view.rows () == 0 ? STRING_CMD_SHOW_NONE : "")
       << (view.rows () == 0 ? "\n\n" : "\n");
 
+  if (default_values.size ())
+  {
+    out << STRING_CMD_SHOW_DIFFER;
+
+    if (context.color ())
+      out << "  "
+          << format (STRING_CMD_SHOW_DIFFER_COLOR, warning.colorize ("color"))
+          << "\n\n";
+  }
+
   // Display the unrecognized variables.
   if (unrecognized.size ())
   {
@@ -298,14 +308,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     out << "\n\n";
   }
 
-  if (default_values.size ())
-  {
-    out << STRING_CMD_SHOW_DIFFER;
-
-    if (context.color ())
-      out << "  " << format (STRING_CMD_SHOW_DIFFER_COLOR, warning.colorize ("color"));
-  }
-
+  out << legacyCheckForDeprecatedVariables ();
   out << legacyCheckForDeprecatedColor ();
   out << legacyCheckForDeprecatedColumns ();
 
diff --git a/src/en-US.h b/src/en-US.h
index 679bce0fc..27cf44a81 100644
--- a/src/en-US.h
+++ b/src/en-US.h
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@
 #define STRING_CONFIG_BAD_WRITE      "Could not write to '{1}'."
 #define STRING_CONFIG_DEPRECATED_US  "Your .taskrc file contains color settings that use deprecated underscores.  Please check:"
 #define STRING_CONFIG_DEPRECATED_COL "Your .taskrc file contains reports with deprecated columns.  Please check for entry_time, start_time or end_time in:"
+#define STRING_CONFIG_DEPRECATED_VAR "Your .taskrc file contains variables that are deprecated:"
 
 // Context
 #define STRING_CONTEXT_CREATE_RC     "A configuration file could not be found in {1}\n\nWould you like a sample {2} created, so taskwarrior can proceed?"
diff --git a/src/legacy.cpp b/src/legacy.cpp
index 2f16b8388..857cdba65 100644
--- a/src/legacy.cpp
+++ b/src/legacy.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,39 @@ std::string legacyCheckForDeprecatedColor ()
   return out.str ();
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+std::string legacyCheckForDeprecatedVariables ()
+{
+  std::vector <std::string> deprecated;
+  std::map <std::string, std::string>::const_iterator it;
+  for (it = context.config.begin (); it != context.config.end (); ++it)
+  {
+    // report.*.limit
+    if (it->first.substr (0, 7) == "report." &&
+        it->first.substr (it->first.length () - 6) == ".limit")
+      deprecated.push_back (it->first);
+
+    if (it->first == "echo.command" ||
+        it->first == "edit.verbose")
+      deprecated.push_back (it->first);
+  }
+
+  std::stringstream out;
+  if (deprecated.size ())
+  {
+    out << STRING_CONFIG_DEPRECATED_VAR
+        << "\n";
+
+    std::vector <std::string>::iterator it2;
+    for (it2 = deprecated.begin (); it2 != deprecated.end (); ++it2)
+      out << "  " << *it2 << "\n";
+
+    out << "\n";
+  }
+
+  return out.str ();
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string legacyCheckForDeprecatedColumns ()
 {
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 40bdb5b94..607e6f726 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ void legacyAttributeCheck (const std::string&);
 void legacyColumnMap (std::string&);
 void legacySortColumnMap (std::string&);
 std::string legacyCheckForDeprecatedColor ();
+std::string legacyCheckForDeprecatedVariables ();
 std::string legacyCheckForDeprecatedColumns ();
 
 // list template