diff --git a/packages/react-native/cli.js b/packages/react-native/cli.js
index 7dd4bfb76de8d5..0e1bd5216512d0 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/cli.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/cli.js
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ async function getLatestVersion(registryHost = DEFAULT_REGISTRY_HOST) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Warn when users are using `npx react-native init`, to raise awareness of the changes from RFC 0759.
+ * @see https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/tree/main/proposals/0759-react-native-frameworks.md
+ */
+function warnWhenRunningInit() {
+  if (process.argv[2] === 'init') {
+    console.warn('\nRunning: npx @react-native-community/cli init\n');
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * npx react-native -> @react-native-community/cli
  *
@@ -66,6 +76,9 @@ async function main() {
       // Ignore errors, since it's a nice to have warning
     }
   }
+
+  warnWhenRunningInit();
+
   return cli.run(name);
 }