diff --git a/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js b/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js
index 4eaba3b..8a5077e 100644
--- a/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js
+++ b/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js
@@ -791,7 +791,17 @@
         BlurYFilter,
     });
 
-    const { Sprite, Texture } = PIXI;
+    const { Sprite, Texture, Graphics } = PIXI;
+
+    // Support for pixi.js-legacy bifurcation
+    // give users a friendly assist to use legacy
+    if (!Graphics.prototype.generateCanvasTexture)
+    {
+        Graphics.prototype.generateCanvasTexture = function generateCanvasTexture()
+        {
+            deprecation(v5, 'PIXI.Graphics#generateCanvasTexture is only available in "pixi.js-legacy"');
+        };
+    }
 
     // Use these to deprecate all the Sprite from* methods
     function spriteFrom(name, source, crossorigin, scaleMode)

diff --git a/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js b/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js
index 4eaba3b..8a5077e 100644
--- a/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js
+++ b/bundles/pixi.js/src/useDeprecated.js
@@ -791,7 +791,17 @@
         BlurYFilter,
     });
 
-    const { Sprite, Texture } = PIXI;
+    const { Sprite, Texture, Graphics } = PIXI;
+
+    // Support for pixi.js-legacy bifurcation
+    // give users a friendly assist to use legacy
+    if (!Graphics.prototype.generateCanvasTexture)
+    {
+        Graphics.prototype.generateCanvasTexture = function generateCanvasTexture()
+        {
+            deprecation(v5, 'PIXI.Graphics#generateCanvasTexture is only available in "pixi.js-legacy"');
+        };
+    }
 
     // Use these to deprecate all the Sprite from* methods
     function spriteFrom(name, source, crossorigin, scaleMode)
diff --git a/packages/canvas/canvas-graphics/src/Graphics.js b/packages/canvas/canvas-graphics/src/Graphics.js
index 621cb09..cd6e5ba 100644
--- a/packages/canvas/canvas-graphics/src/Graphics.js
+++ b/packages/canvas/canvas-graphics/src/Graphics.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 const tempMatrix = new Matrix();
 
 /**
- * Generates a canvas texture.
+ * Generates a canvas texture. Only available with **pixi.js-legacy** bundle
+ * or the **@pixi/canvas-graphics** package.
  * @method generateCanvasTexture
  * @memberof PIXI.Graphics#
  * @param {number} scaleMode - The scale mode of the texture.