diff --git a/nifty5/field.py b/nifty5/field.py
index 85b5d9742c27cee36094b6f05ec5a1f8347f5343..ed2aff99d9d815fcfb44471d5b6322cea09ba8bb 100644
--- a/nifty5/field.py
+++ b/nifty5/field.py
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ class Field(object):
     def scalar_weight(self, spaces=None):
         """Returns the uniform volume element for a sub-domain of `self`.
 
+        DEPRECATED! Use `self.domain.scalar_weight` instead.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         spaces : int, tuple of int or None
@@ -251,6 +253,8 @@ class Field(object):
     def total_volume(self, spaces=None):
         """Returns the total volume of the field's domain or of a subspace of it.
 
+        DEPRECATED! Use `self.domain.total_volume` instead.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         spaces : int, tuple of int or None