diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9843402d..bafabe5e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: flextable
 Title: Functions for Tabular Reporting
-Version: 0.9.6.011
+Version: 0.9.6.012
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Gohel", , "david.gohel@ardata.fr", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("ArData", role = "cph"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 00d78110..95cf2dc3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     - The `path` argument now has a signature of `part = c("body", "header",
       "footer", "all")`, but because only a single value can be selected, it
       will pick `"body"` by default, as before.
+- Deprecate `lollipop()` since it produces (ugly) results that can be replaced
+by nice results with `gg_chunk()` or `grid_chunk()`.
 
 ## Issues
 
diff --git a/R/chunk_images.R b/R/chunk_images.R
index c93a4d00..587fdde6 100644
--- a/R/chunk_images.R
+++ b/R/chunk_images.R
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ linerange <- function(value, min = NULL, max = NULL, rangecol = "#CCCCCC",
 #' - [compose()] and [as_paragraph()],
 #' - [append_chunks()],
 #' - [prepend_chunks()].
+#'
+#' It is now deprecated and will be soon defunct because we
+#' think it produces ugly results. Use [gg_chunk()] to
+#' replace it.
 #' @param value values containing the bar size
 #' @param min min bar size. Default min of value
 #' @param max max bar size. Default max of value
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@ lollipop <- function(value, min = NULL, max = NULL, rangecol = "#CCCCCC",
                      height = .2, unit = "in", raster_width = 30, positivecol = "#00CC00",
                      negativecol = "#CC0000", neutralcol = "#CCCCCC", neutralrange = c(0, 0),
                      rectanglesize = 2) {
+  .Deprecated(msg = "lollipop function is deprecated as authors don't like the result, please open an issue if you are using it.")
   width <- convin(unit = unit, x = width)
   height <- convin(unit = unit, x = height)
 
diff --git a/man/lollipop.Rd b/man/lollipop.Rd
index c27f6d8a..12bc254a 100644
--- a/man/lollipop.Rd
+++ b/man/lollipop.Rd
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ flextable with functions:
 \item \code{\link[=append_chunks]{append_chunks()}},
 \item \code{\link[=prepend_chunks]{prepend_chunks()}}.
 }
+
+It is now deprecated and will be soon defunct because we
+think it produces ugly results. Use \code{\link[=gg_chunk]{gg_chunk()}} to
+replace it.
 }
 \note{
 This chunk option requires package officedown in a R Markdown