diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7043-ejabberd-user-deprecate-logging.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7043-ejabberd-user-deprecate-logging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beaec9ccc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7043-ejabberd-user-deprecate-logging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deprecated_features:
+  - ejabberd_user - deprecate the parameter ``logging`` in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7043).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py b/plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py
index a8872cacc3..2ec1b0f218 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def main():
             username=dict(required=True, type='str'),
             password=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
-            logging=dict(default=False, type='bool')  # deprecate in favour of c.g.syslogger?
+            logging=dict(default=False, type='bool', removed_in_version='10.0.0', removed_from_collection='community.general'),
         ),
         required_if=[
             ('state', 'present', ['password']),