def _get_nets_krnic(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Deprecated. This will be removed in a future release.
        """

        from warnings import warn
        warn('NIRWhois._get_nets_krnic() has been deprecated and will be '
             'removed. You should now use NIRWhois.get_nets_krnic().')
        return self.get_nets_krnic(*args, **kwargs)