diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php
index 8bbc17be20..d5bfea5768 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Annotation/Route.php
@@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ class Route
 
     public function setRequirements($requirements)
     {
+        if (isset($requirements['_method'])) {
+            if (0 === count($this->methods)) {
+                $this->methods = explode('|', $requirements['_method']);
+            }
+
+            @trigger_error('The "_method" requirement is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "methods" option instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($requirements['_scheme'])) {
+            if (0 === count($this->schemes)) {
+                $this->schemes = explode('|', $requirements['_scheme']);
+            }
+
+            @trigger_error('The "_scheme" requirement is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "schemes" option instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
         $this->requirements = $requirements;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index a18dbb9741..e8c7f6b148 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -133,6 +133,24 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
 
         list($defaults, $requirements, $options, $condition) = $this->parseConfigs($node, $path);
 
+        if (isset($requirements['_method'])) {
+            if (0 === count($methods)) {
+                $methods = explode('|', $requirements['_method']);
+            }
+
+            unset($requirements['_method']);
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('The "_method" requirement of route "%s" in file "%s" is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "methods" attribute instead.', $id, $path), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($requirements['_scheme'])) {
+            if (0 === count($schemes)) {
+                $schemes = explode('|', $requirements['_scheme']);
+            }
+
+            unset($requirements['_scheme']);
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('The "_scheme" requirement of route "%s" in file "%s" is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "schemes" attribute instead.', $id, $path), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
         $route = new Route($node->getAttribute('path'), $defaults, $requirements, $options, $node->getAttribute('host'), $schemes, $methods, $condition);
         $collection->add($id, $route);
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
index 7d850e7c8e..d30da91d2a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
@@ -127,6 +127,24 @@ class YamlFileLoader extends FileLoader
         $methods = isset($config['methods']) ? $config['methods'] : array();
         $condition = isset($config['condition']) ? $config['condition'] : null;
 
+        if (isset($requirements['_method'])) {
+            if (0 === count($methods)) {
+                $methods = explode('|', $requirements['_method']);
+            }
+
+            unset($requirements['_method']);
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('The "_method" requirement of route "%s" in file "%s" is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "methods" option instead.', $name, $path), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($requirements['_scheme'])) {
+            if (0 === count($schemes)) {
+                $schemes = explode('|', $requirements['_scheme']);
+            }
+
+            unset($requirements['_scheme']);
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('The "_scheme" requirement of route "%s" in file "%s" is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "schemes" option instead.', $name, $path), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
         $route = new Route($config['path'], $defaults, $requirements, $options, $host, $schemes, $methods, $condition);
 
         $collection->add($name, $route);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Route.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Route.php
index d0b3a2dbed..19a48f13bd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Route.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Route.php
@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ class Route implements \Serializable
 
         // this is to keep BC and will be removed in a future version
         if ('_scheme' === $key) {
-            @trigger_error('The "_scheme" requirement is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the setSchemes() method instead or the "schemes" option in the route definition.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('The "_scheme" requirement is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the setSchemes() method instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
 
             $this->setSchemes(explode('|', $regex));
         } elseif ('_method' === $key) {
-            @trigger_error('The "_method" requirement is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the setMethods() method instead or the "methods" option in the route definition.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('The "_method" requirement is deprecated since version 2.2 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the setMethods() method instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
 
             $this->setMethods(explode('|', $regex));
         }