diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 7815691133..419316e25f 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "pidfd-util.h"
+#include "pretty-print.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "random-util.h"
@@ -1004,6 +1005,31 @@ static void set_manager_settings(Manager *m) {
         m->restrict_filesystem_access = arg_restrict_filesystem_access;
 }
 
+static int redirect_telinit(char *argv[], char **args) {
+        /* Check if we are invoked through the legacy interface, where init would be symlinked as telinit
+         * and allow users to call 'init 0' and such. If we detect such use, tell the user that this is not
+         * supported anymore. */
+
+        if (getpid_cached() == 1 || !invoked_as(argv, "init"))
+                return 0;
+
+        /* Check if the user specified one of the telinit commands in args. */
+        if (!strv_overlap(args,
+                          STRV_MAKE("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
+                                    "s", "S", "q", "Q", "u", "U")))
+                return 0;
+
+        _cleanup_free_ char *a = NULL, *b = NULL, *c = NULL;
+        (void) terminal_urlify_man_full("shutdown", "8", /* suffix= */ NULL, &a);
+        (void) terminal_urlify_man_full("reboot", "8", /* suffix= */ NULL, &b);
+        (void) terminal_urlify_man_full("systemctl", "1", /* suffix= */ NULL, &c);
+
+        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP),
+                               "Program 'systemd' called as 'init' with a legacy telinit command.\n"
+                               "Call %s, %s, or %s instead.",
+                               strnull(a), strnull(b), strnull(c));
+}
+
 static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         bool user_arg_seen = false;
         int r;
@@ -1234,6 +1260,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return 0;
                 }
 
+        r = redirect_telinit(argv, option_parser_get_args(&opts));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         if (option_parser_get_n_args(&opts) > 0 && getpid_cached() != 1)
                 /* Hmm, when we aren't run as init system let's complain about excess arguments */
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Excess arguments.");
diff --git a/src/shared/pretty-print.c b/src/shared/pretty-print.c
index 3328293c5d..c5ace49f60 100644
--- a/src/shared/pretty-print.c
+++ b/src/shared/pretty-print.c
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ int terminal_urlify_path(const char *path, const char *text, char **ret) {
         return terminal_urlify(url, text, ret);
 }
 
-int terminal_urlify_man(const char *page, const char *section, char **ret) {
+int terminal_urlify_man_full(const char *page, const char *section, const char *suffix, char **ret) {
         const char *url, *text;
 
         url = strjoina("man:", page, "(", section, ")");
-        text = strjoina(page, "(", section, ") man page");
+        text = strjoina(page, "(", section, ")", suffix);
 
         return terminal_urlify(url, text, ret);
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/pretty-print.h b/src/shared/pretty-print.h
index 6b759dd346..44cc692011 100644
--- a/src/shared/pretty-print.h
+++ b/src/shared/pretty-print.h
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ bool urlify_enabled(void);
 
 int terminal_urlify(const char *url, const char *text, char **ret);
 int terminal_urlify_path(const char *path, const char *text, char **ret);
-int terminal_urlify_man(const char *page, const char *section, char **ret);
+int terminal_urlify_man_full(const char *page, const char *section, const char *suffix, char **ret);
+static inline int terminal_urlify_man(const char *page, const char *section, char **ret) {
+        return terminal_urlify_man_full(page, section, " man page", ret);
+}
 
 typedef enum CatFlags {
         CAT_CONFIG_OFF          = 0,