diff --git a/bumpversion/aliases.py b/bumpversion/aliases.py
index cf35ed2a..08039fd2 100644
--- a/bumpversion/aliases.py
+++ b/bumpversion/aliases.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from click import Context
 from rich_click.rich_group import RichGroup
 
+from bumpversion.ui import print_warning
+
 
 class AliasedGroup(RichGroup):
     """
@@ -36,5 +38,9 @@ def resolve_command(self, ctx: Context, args: List[str]) -> tuple:
         if cmd.name == "bump" and args != original_args:
             if "bump" in original_args:
                 original_args.remove("bump")
+            else:
+                print_warning(
+                    "Calling bumpversion without a subcommand is deprecated. " "Please use `bumpversion bump` instead"
+                )
             return cmd.name, cmd, original_args
         return cmd.name, cmd, args
diff --git a/bumpversion/cli.py b/bumpversion/cli.py
index 4d20cfff..aa177767 100644
--- a/bumpversion/cli.py
+++ b/bumpversion/cli.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from bumpversion.files import modify_files, resolve_file_config
 from bumpversion.logging import setup_logging
 from bumpversion.show import do_show, log_list
+from bumpversion.ui import print_warning
 from bumpversion.utils import get_context, get_overrides
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -34,6 +35,42 @@ def cli(ctx: Context) -> None:
         ctx.invoke(bump, *ctx.args)
 
 
+click.rich_click.OPTION_GROUPS = {
+    "bumpversion bump": [
+        {
+            "name": "Configuration",
+            "options": [
+                "--config-file",
+                "--current-version",
+                "--new-version",
+                "--parse",
+                "--serialize",
+                "--search",
+                "--replace",
+                "--no-configured-files",
+                "--ignore-missing-version",
+            ],
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Output",
+            "options": ["--dry-run", "--verbose"],
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Committing and tagging",
+            "options": [
+                "--allow-dirty" "--commit",
+                "--commit-args",
+                "--message",
+                "--tag",
+                "--tag-name",
+                "--tag-message",
+                "--sign-tags",
+            ],
+        },
+    ]
+}
+
+
 @cli.command(context_settings={"ignore_unknown_options": True})
 @click.argument("args", nargs=-1, type=str)
 @click.option(
@@ -238,6 +275,7 @@ def bump(
         files = args
 
     if show_list:
+        print_warning("DEPRECATED: The --list option is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.")
         log_list(config, version_part, new_version)
         return
 
diff --git a/bumpversion/ui.py b/bumpversion/ui.py
index f1d55159..c0bd932a 100644
--- a/bumpversion/ui.py
+++ b/bumpversion/ui.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 """Utilities for user interface."""
-from click import UsageError, echo
+from click import UsageError, secho
 
 
 def print_info(msg: str) -> None:
     """Echo a message to the console."""
-    echo(msg)
+    secho(msg)
 
 
 def print_error(msg: str) -> None:
     """Raise an error and exit."""
     raise UsageError(msg)
+
+
+def print_warning(msg: str) -> None:
+    """Echo a warning to the console."""
+    secho(f"\nWARNING:\n\n{msg}\n", fg="yellow")