diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePy.xml b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePy.xml
index f958d0440..8d18c4a04 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePy.xml
@@ -84,10 +84,17 @@
 		</Attribute>
 		<Attribute Name="Wire" ReadOnly="true">
 			<Documentation>
-				<UserDocu>The Wire of this face</UserDocu>
+				<UserDocu>The outer wire of this face
+deprecated -- please use OuterWire</UserDocu>
 			</Documentation>
 			<Parameter Name="Wire" Type="Object"/>
 		</Attribute>
+		<Attribute Name="OuterWire" ReadOnly="true">
+			<Documentation>
+				<UserDocu>The outer wire of this face</UserDocu>
+			</Documentation>
+			<Parameter Name="OuterWire" Type="Object"/>
+		</Attribute>
 		<Attribute Name="CenterOfMass" ReadOnly="true">
 			<Documentation>
 				<UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp
index ab03bb14c..5bf9d7be7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapeFacePyImp.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,22 @@ Py::Tuple TopoShapeFacePy::getParameterRange(void) const
     return t;
 }
 
+// deprecated
 Py::Object TopoShapeFacePy::getWire(void) const
+{
+    try {
+        Py::Object sys_out(PySys_GetObject(const_cast<char*>("stdout")));
+        Py::Callable write(sys_out.getAttr("write"));
+        Py::Tuple arg(1);
+        arg.setItem(0, Py::String("Warning: Wire is deprecated, please use OuterWire\n"));
+        write.apply(arg);
+    }
+    catch (const Py::Exception&) {
+    }
+    return getOuterWire();
+}
+
+Py::Object TopoShapeFacePy::getOuterWire(void) const
 {
     const TopoDS_Shape& clSh = getTopoShapePtr()->_Shape;
     if (clSh.IsNull())