diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/EntityManagerMessageLogger.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/EntityManagerMessageLogger.java
index ee4d301c7a..085299a517 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/EntityManagerMessageLogger.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/EntityManagerMessageLogger.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public interface EntityManagerMessageLogger extends CoreMessageLogger {
 	@LogMessage(level = WARN)
 	@Message(
 			id = 15016,
-			value = "Encountered a deprecated javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider [%s]; use [%s] instead."
+			value = "Encountered a deprecated javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider [%s]; [%s] will be used instead."
 	)
 	void deprecatedPersistenceProvider(String deprecated, String replacement);
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/spi/ProviderChecker.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/spi/ProviderChecker.java
index 81aed3aa1b..a88d09bc55 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/spi/ProviderChecker.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/boot/spi/ProviderChecker.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ package org.hibernate.jpa.boot.spi;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
+import org.hibernate.internal.EntityManagerMessageLogger;
+import org.hibernate.internal.HEMLogging;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider;
 
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public final class ProviderChecker {
+
 	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger( ProviderChecker.class );
 
 	/**
@@ -49,6 +52,15 @@ public final class ProviderChecker {
 				"Checking requested PersistenceProvider name [%s] against Hibernate provider names",
 				requestedProviderName
 		);
+		final String deprecatedPersistenceProvider = "org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence";
+		if ( deprecatedPersistenceProvider.equals( requestedProviderName) ) {
+			HEMLogging.messageLogger( ProviderChecker.class )
+					.deprecatedPersistenceProvider(
+					deprecatedPersistenceProvider,
+					HibernatePersistenceProvider.class.getName()
+			);
+			return true;
+		}
 		return HibernatePersistenceProvider.class.getName().equals( requestedProviderName );
 	}