diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/deferred_world.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/deferred_world.rs
index 581f1af25e71e..c140e9dcf39a9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/deferred_world.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/deferred_world.rs
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ impl<'w> DeferredWorld<'w> {
     /// Use [`get_resource_mut`](DeferredWorld::get_resource_mut) instead if you want to handle this case.
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_resource_mut` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     pub fn resource_mut<R: Resource>(&mut self) -> Mut<'_, R> {
         match self.get_resource_mut() {
             Some(x) => x,
@@ -391,6 +395,10 @@ impl<'w> DeferredWorld<'w> {
     /// This function will panic if it isn't called from the same thread that the resource was inserted from.
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_non_send_resource_mut` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     pub fn non_send_resource_mut<R: 'static>(&mut self) -> Mut<'_, R> {
         match self.get_non_send_resource_mut() {
             Some(x) => x,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/entity_ref.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/entity_ref.rs
index b4fe20b3a4d3d..9ff1483e16839 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/entity_ref.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/entity_ref.rs
@@ -1328,6 +1328,10 @@ impl<'w> EntityWorldMut<'w> {
     ///
     /// Panics if the resource does not exist.
     /// Use [`get_resource`](EntityWorldMut::get_resource) instead if you want to handle this case.
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_resource` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
     pub fn resource<R: Resource>(&self) -> &R {
@@ -1345,6 +1349,10 @@ impl<'w> EntityWorldMut<'w> {
     /// use [`get_resource_or_insert_with`](World::get_resource_or_insert_with).
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_resource_mut` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     pub fn resource_mut<R: Resource>(&mut self) -> Mut<'_, R> {
         self.world.resource_mut::<R>()
     }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs
index 294145de23049..a98eb31ef86f4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/world/mod.rs
@@ -1850,6 +1850,10 @@ impl World {
     /// use [`get_resource_or_insert_with`](World::get_resource_or_insert_with).
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_resource` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     pub fn resource<R: Resource>(&self) -> &R {
         match self.get_resource() {
             Some(x) => x,
@@ -1874,6 +1878,10 @@ impl World {
     /// use [`get_resource_or_insert_with`](World::get_resource_or_insert_with).
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_resource_ref` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     pub fn resource_ref<R: Resource>(&self) -> Ref<R> {
         match self.get_resource_ref() {
             Some(x) => x,
@@ -1898,6 +1906,10 @@ impl World {
     /// use [`get_resource_or_insert_with`](World::get_resource_or_insert_with).
     #[inline]
     #[track_caller]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.16.0",
+        note = "Please use `get_resource_mut` instead, which returns an `Option` instead of panicking."
+    )]
     pub fn resource_mut<R: Resource>(&mut self) -> Mut<'_, R> {
         match self.get_resource_mut() {
             Some(x) => x,