diff --git a/base/sparse/sparsematrix.jl b/base/sparse/sparsematrix.jl
index d69721a9c3479..09255dacdaefa 100644
--- a/base/sparse/sparsematrix.jl
+++ b/base/sparse/sparsematrix.jl
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ dropzeros(A::SparseMatrixCSC, trim::Bool = true) = dropzeros!(copy(A), trim)
 
 function find(S::SparseMatrixCSC)
     if !(eltype(S) <: Bool)
-        depwarn("In the future `find(A)` will only work on boolean collections. Use `find(x->x!=0, A)` instead.", :find)
+        Base.depwarn("In the future `find(A)` will only work on boolean collections. Use `find(x->x!=0, A)` instead.", :find)
     end
     return find(x->x!=0, S)
 end
diff --git a/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl b/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl
index 8c5d5ab18115d..ddaf2ef9ebf54 100644
--- a/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl
+++ b/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ end
 
 function find(x::SparseVector)
     if !(eltype(x) <: Bool)
-        depwarn("In the future `find(A)` will only work on boolean collections. Use `find(x->x!=0, A)` instead.", :find)
+        Base.depwarn("In the future `find(A)` will only work on boolean collections. Use `find(x->x!=0, A)` instead.", :find)
     end
     return find(x->x!=0, x)
 end