diff --git a/docarray/__init__.py b/docarray/__init__.py
index 903c0947d43..ce2152c8315 100644
--- a/docarray/__init__.py
+++ b/docarray/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from docarray.array import DocList, DocVec
 from docarray.base_doc.doc import BaseDoc
+from docarray.utils._internal.misc import _get_path_from_docarray_root_level
 
 __all__ = ['BaseDoc', 'DocList', 'DocVec']
 
@@ -13,3 +14,17 @@
 formatter = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s")
 handler.setFormatter(formatter)
 logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str):
+    if name in ['Document', 'DocumentArray']:
+        raise ImportError(
+            f'Cannot import name \'{name}\' from \'{_get_path_from_docarray_root_level(__file__)}\'.\n'
+            f'The object named \'{name}\' does not exist anymore in this version of docarray.\n'
+            f'If you still want to use \'{name}\' please downgrade to version <=0.21.0 '
+            f'with: `pip install -U docarray==0.21.0`.'
+        )
+    else:
+        raise ImportError(
+            f'cannot import name \'{name}\' from \'{_get_path_from_docarray_root_level(__file__)}\''
+        )