diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index bbf970102e..720b151895 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ proc lispRepr*(n: PNimrodNode): string {.compileTime.} =
 
   add(result, ")")
 
-macro dumpTree*(s: stmt): stmt = echo s.treeRepr
+macro dumpTree*(s: stmt): stmt {.immediate.} = echo s.treeRepr
   ## Accepts a block of nimrod code and prints the parsed abstract syntax
   ## tree using the `toTree` function. Printing is done *at compile time*.
   ##
@@ -398,16 +398,16 @@ macro dumpTree*(s: stmt): stmt = echo s.treeRepr
   ## tree and to discover what kind of nodes must be created to represent
   ## a certain expression/statement.
 
-macro dumpLisp*(s: stmt): stmt = echo s.lispRepr
+macro dumpLisp*(s: stmt): stmt {.immediate.} = echo s.lispRepr
   ## Accepts a block of nimrod code and prints the parsed abstract syntax
   ## tree using the `toLisp` function. Printing is done *at compile time*.
   ##
   ## See `dumpTree`.
 
-macro dumpTreeImm*(s: stmt): stmt {.immediate.} = echo s.treeRepr
+macro dumpTreeImm*(s: stmt): stmt {.immediate, deprecated.} = echo s.treeRepr
   ## The ``immediate`` version of `dumpTree`.
 
-macro dumpLispImm*(s: stmt): stmt {.immediate.} = echo s.lispRepr
+macro dumpLispImm*(s: stmt): stmt {.immediate, deprecated.} = echo s.lispRepr
   ## The ``immediate`` version of `dumpLisp`.
 
 
diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index 4f932bc05d..d844b50122 100644
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Language Additions
 
 - Arrays can now be declared with a single integer literal ``N`` instead of a
   range; the range is then ``0..N-1``.
-
+- macros.dumptree and macros.dumplisp have been made immediate, dumptree_imm and dumplisp_imm are now deprecated.
 
 
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