diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index b997bd96f..daf2b8855 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ from .voice_client import VoiceClient
 from .http import HTTPClient
 from .state import ConnectionState
 from . import utils
-from .utils import MISSING, time_snowflake
+from .utils import MISSING, time_snowflake, deprecated
 from .object import Object
 from .backoff import ExponentialBackoff
 from .webhook import Webhook
@@ -2388,6 +2388,7 @@ class Client:
         data = await self.http.get_guild_preview(guild_id)
         return GuildPreview(data=data, state=self._connection)
 
+    @deprecated()
     async def create_guild(
         self,
         *,
@@ -2408,6 +2409,9 @@ class Client:
             This function will now raise :exc:`ValueError` instead of
             ``InvalidArgument``.
 
+        .. deprecated:: 2.6
+            This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         name: :class:`str`
diff --git a/discord/template.py b/discord/template.py
index 409cdc7d9..691be2caf 100644
--- a/discord/template.py
+++ b/discord/template.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, List
-from .utils import parse_time, _bytes_to_base64_data, MISSING
+from .utils import parse_time, _bytes_to_base64_data, MISSING, deprecated
 from .guild import Guild
 
 # fmt: off
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class Template:
             f' creator={self.creator!r} source_guild={self.source_guild!r} is_dirty={self.is_dirty}>'
         )
 
+    @deprecated()
     async def create_guild(self, name: str, icon: bytes = MISSING) -> Guild:
         """|coro|
 
@@ -178,6 +179,9 @@ class Template:
             This function will now raise :exc:`ValueError` instead of
             ``InvalidArgument``.
 
+        .. deprecated:: 2.6
+            This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         name: :class:`str`