diff --git a/ops/log.py b/ops/log.py
index 91734da31..f31c4bfab 100644
--- a/ops/log.py
+++ b/ops/log.py
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 import sys
 import types
 import typing
+import warnings
 
 from ops.model import _ModelBackend
 
 
 class JujuLogHandler(logging.Handler):
-    """A handler for sending logs to Juju via juju-log."""
+    """A handler for sending logs and warnings to Juju via juju-log."""
 
     def __init__(self, model_backend: _ModelBackend, level: int = logging.DEBUG):
         super().__init__(level)
@@ -41,13 +42,16 @@ def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord):
 def setup_root_logging(
     model_backend: _ModelBackend, debug: bool = False, exc_stderr: bool = False
 ):
-    """Setup python logging to forward messages to juju-log.
+    """Setup Python logging to forward messages to juju-log.
 
     By default, logging is set to DEBUG level, and messages will be filtered by Juju.
     Charmers can also set their own default log level with::
 
       logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
+    Warnings issued by the warnings module are redirected to the logging system
+    and forwarded to juju-log, too.
+
     Args:
         model_backend: a ModelBackend to use for juju-log
         debug: if True, write logs to stderr as well as to juju-log.
@@ -56,6 +60,20 @@ def setup_root_logging(
     logger = logging.getLogger()
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     logger.addHandler(JujuLogHandler(model_backend))
+
+    def custom_showwarning(
+        message: typing.Union[Warning, str],
+        category: typing.Type[Warning],
+        filename: str,
+        lineno: int,
+        file: typing.Optional[typing.TextIO] = None,
+        line: typing.Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
+        """Direct the warning to Juju's debug-log, and don't include the code."""
+        logger.warning('%s:%s: %s: %s', filename, lineno, category.__name__, message)
+
+    warnings.showwarning = custom_showwarning
+
     if debug:
         handler = logging.StreamHandler()
         formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
diff --git a/ops/main.py b/ops/main.py
index 2ae1aebd1..728d8e88d 100644
--- a/ops/main.py
+++ b/ops/main.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+
 """Support legacy ops.main.main() import."""
 
-import warnings
 from typing import Optional, Type
 
 import ops.charm
@@ -37,9 +37,4 @@ def main(charm_class: Type[ops.charm.CharmBase], use_juju_for_storage: Optional[
 
     See `ops.main() <#ops-main-entry-point>`_ for details.
     """
-    warnings.warn(
-        'Calling `ops.main.main()` is deprecated, call `ops.main()` instead',
-        DeprecationWarning,
-        stacklevel=2,
-    )
     return _main.main(charm_class=charm_class, use_juju_for_storage=use_juju_for_storage)
diff --git a/test/charms/test_main/actions.yaml b/test/charms/test_main/actions.yaml
index fa4d3cc79..c0a0c8956 100644
--- a/test/charms/test_main/actions.yaml
+++ b/test/charms/test_main/actions.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ log-info:
   description: log a message at Info level
 log-debug:
   description: log a message at Debug level
+warn:
+  description: generate a deprecation warning
diff --git a/test/charms/test_main/src/charm.py b/test/charms/test_main/src/charm.py
index 24c558d19..a68a10d14 100755
--- a/test/charms/test_main/src/charm.py
+++ b/test/charms/test_main/src/charm.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import typing
+import warnings
 
 import ops
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args: typing.Any):
             on_log_warning_action=[],
             on_log_info_action=[],
             on_log_debug_action=[],
+            on_warn_action=[],
             on_secret_changed=[],
             on_secret_remove=[],
             on_secret_rotate=[],
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args: typing.Any):
             self.framework.observe(self.on.log_warning_action, self._on_log_warning_action)
             self.framework.observe(self.on.log_info_action, self._on_log_info_action)
             self.framework.observe(self.on.log_debug_action, self._on_log_debug_action)
+            self.framework.observe(self.on.warn_action, self._on_warn_action)
 
         self.framework.observe(self.on.collect_metrics, self._on_collect_metrics)
         self.framework.observe(self.on.custom, self._on_custom)
@@ -304,9 +307,12 @@ def _on_log_info_action(self, event: ops.ActionEvent):
     def _on_log_debug_action(self, event: ops.ActionEvent):
         logger.debug('insightful debug')
 
+    def _on_warn_action(self, event: ops.ActionEvent):
+        warnings.warn('feature x is deprecated, use feature y instead', DeprecationWarning)
+
     def _on_get_model_name_action(self, event: ops.ActionEvent):
         self._stored._on_get_model_name_action.append(self.model.name)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    ops.main(Charm)  # type: ignore
+    ops.main(Charm)
diff --git a/test/test_main.py b/test/test_main.py
index 19565e27f..62c9ead64 100644
--- a/test/test_main.py
+++ b/test/test_main.py
@@ -895,6 +895,30 @@ def test_logger(self, fake_script: FakeScript):
             self._simulate_event(fake_script, event_spec)
             assert calls in fake_script.calls(clear=True)
 
+        # Test warnings are captured and sent to the Juju debug-log,
+        event_spec = EventSpec(
+            ops.ActionEvent,
+            'warn_action',
+            env_var='JUJU_ACTION_NAME',
+            set_in_env={'JUJU_ACTION_UUID': '5'},
+        )
+        self._simulate_event(fake_script, event_spec)
+        calls = fake_script.calls(clear=True)
+
+        calls_without_message = [call[:-1] for call in calls]
+        expected_without_message = ['juju-log', '--log-level', 'WARNING', '--']
+        assert expected_without_message in calls_without_message
+
+        idx = calls_without_message.index(expected_without_message)
+        warning_message = calls[idx][-1]
+        pattern = (
+            r'^.*:(\d+):\s+DeprecationWarning:\s+'
+            + re.escape('feature x is deprecated, use feature y instead')
+            + '$'
+        )
+        if not re.match(pattern, warning_message):
+            pytest.fail(f'Warning was not sent to debug-log: {calls!r}')
+
     @pytest.mark.usefixtures('setup_charm')
     def test_excepthook(self, fake_script: FakeScript):
         with pytest.raises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
diff --git a/test/test_main_invocation.py b/test/test_main_invocation.py
index 4105b3c17..29fe7aedb 100644
--- a/test/test_main_invocation.py
+++ b/test/test_main_invocation.py
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def test_top_level_import(charm_env: None):
 def test_top_level_import_legacy_call(charm_env: None):
     import ops
 
-    with pytest.deprecated_call():
-        ops.main.main(ops.CharmBase)
+    ops.main.main(ops.CharmBase)
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         ops.main.main()  # type: ignore
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ def test_submodule_import(charm_env: None):
 def test_submodule_import_legacy_call(charm_env: None):
     import ops.main
 
-    with pytest.deprecated_call():
-        ops.main.main(ops.CharmBase)
+    ops.main.main(ops.CharmBase)
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         ops.main.main()  # type: ignore
@@ -90,8 +88,7 @@ def test_import_from_top_level_module(charm_env: None):
 def test_import_from_top_level_module_legacy_call(charm_env: None):
     from ops import main
 
-    with pytest.deprecated_call():
-        main.main(ops.CharmBase)
+    main.main(ops.CharmBase)
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         main.main()  # type: ignore
@@ -100,8 +97,7 @@ def test_import_from_top_level_module_legacy_call(charm_env: None):
 def test_legacy_import_from_submodule(charm_env: None):
     from ops.main import main
 
-    with pytest.deprecated_call():
-        main(ops.CharmBase)
+    main(ops.CharmBase)
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         main()  # type: ignore
diff --git a/testing/src/scenario/_ops_main_mock.py b/testing/src/scenario/_ops_main_mock.py
index 43507b31c..7f8d99750 100644
--- a/testing/src/scenario/_ops_main_mock.py
+++ b/testing/src/scenario/_ops_main_mock.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 # See LICENSE file for licensing details.
 
 import dataclasses
+import logging
 import marshal
 import re
 import sys
+import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, FrozenSet, List, Sequence, Set
 
 import ops
@@ -136,9 +138,17 @@ def _load_charm_meta(self):
         return ops.CharmMeta.from_yaml(metadata, actions_metadata)
 
     def _setup_root_logging(self):
+        # The warnings module captures this in _showwarning_orig, but we
+        # shouldn't really be using a private method, so capture it ourselves as
+        # well.
+        original_showwarning = warnings.showwarning
+        super()._setup_root_logging()
+        # Ops also sets up logging to capture warnings, but we want the normal
+        # output.
+        logging.captureWarnings(False)
+        warnings.showwarning = original_showwarning
         # Ops sets sys.excepthook to go to Juju's debug-log, but that's not
         # useful in a testing context, so we reset it here.
-        super()._setup_root_logging()
         sys.excepthook = sys.__excepthook__
 
     def _make_storage(self, _: _Dispatcher):