diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc
index ad73fa029..b0da6ee3e 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-5.0.adoc
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ This section describes breaking changes from version 4.4.x to 5.0.x and how remo
 [[elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-4.5.deprecations]]
 == Deprecations
 
+=== Custom trace level logging
+
+Logging by setting the property `logging.level.org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.WIRE=trace` is 
+deprecated now, the Elasticsearch `RestClient` provides a better solution that can be activated by setting the 
+logging level of the `tracer` package to "trace".
+
 [[elasticsearch-migration-guide-4.4-4.5.deprecations.package]]
 === `org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.erhlc` package
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/ClientLogger.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/ClientLogger.java
index da3dd60ac..35a967320 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/ClientLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/ClientLogger.java
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
  * @author Oliver Drotbohm
  * @since 3.2
+ * @deprecated since 5.0, Elasticsearch's RestClient has a trace level logging available.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class ClientLogger {
 
 	private static final Log WIRE_LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog("org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.WIRE");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchClients.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchClients.java
index 30da6a4a6..ad329416e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchClients.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/elc/ElasticsearchClients.java
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ public final class ElasticsearchClients {
 	 *
 	 * @see ClientLogger
 	 * @since 4.4
+	 * @deprecated since 5.0
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	private static class HttpLoggingInterceptor implements HttpResponseInterceptor, HttpRequestInterceptor {
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/erhlc/RestClients.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/erhlc/RestClients.java
index 89b565cf0..ebdb2f7ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/erhlc/RestClients.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/erhlc/RestClients.java
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ public final class RestClients {
 	 *
 	 * @see ClientLogger
 	 * @since 3.2
+	 * @deprecated since 5.0
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	private static class HttpLoggingInterceptor implements HttpResponseInterceptor, HttpRequestInterceptor {
 
 		@Override