diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/cli.py b/cve_bin_tool/cli.py
index 51664d18bc..066ec72986 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/cli.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/cli.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import platform
+import shutil
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import time
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     InvalidExtensionError,
     MirrorError,
     PDFOutputUnavailable,
+    VEXError,
     excepthook,
 )
 from cve_bin_tool.input_engine import InputEngine, TriageData
@@ -544,6 +546,13 @@ def main(argv=None):
     )
 
     deprecated_group = parser.add_argument_group("Deprecated")
+    deprecated_group.add_argument(
+        "--triage-input-file",
+        action="store",
+        help="replaced by --vex-file",
+        default="",
+    )
+
     deprecated_group.add_argument(
         "-x",
         "--extract",
@@ -658,6 +667,31 @@ def main(argv=None):
                           """
         LOGGER.warning(warning_nolinux)
 
+    # warning about deprecated "--triage-input-file" argument
+    if args["triage_input_file"]:
+        LOGGER.error(
+            " --triage-input-file has been deprecated. Please use --vex-file in future."
+        )
+        args["vex_file"] = args["triage_input_file"]
+        if args["vex_file"].endswith(".vex"):
+            # Auto-switch it to .json
+            LOGGER.error(".vex extension no longer supported, please use .json")
+
+            file_copy = Path(args["vex_file"] + ".cve-bin-tool-auto.json")
+            original_file = Path(args["vex_file"])
+            if not file_copy.exists():
+                LOGGER.error("Trying to make a copy with .json extension for this run.")
+                LOGGER.error("You will need to use this copy in future scans.")
+                shutil.copy(original_file, file_copy)
+                args["vex_file"] = str(file_copy)
+            else:
+                # abort and let the user deal with it
+                LOGGER.error(
+                    "Looks like a previous run of cve-bin-tool already made a copy."
+                )
+                LOGGER.error(f"Try re-running with --vex-file {file_copy}")
+                return ERROR_CODES[VEXError]
+
     # CSVScanner related settings
     score = 0
     if args["severity"]:
diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/error_handler.py b/cve_bin_tool/error_handler.py
index 51727d0d90..0ad4704ed0 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/error_handler.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/error_handler.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ class PDFOutputUnavailable(Exception):
     """Raised when reportlab is not installed and PDF output is unavailable"""
 
 
+class VEXError(Exception):
+    """Raised when VEX file provided is invalid"""
+
+
 class ErrorMode(Enum):
     Ignore = 0
     NoTrace = 1
@@ -251,4 +255,5 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
     SigningError: 43,
     NetworkConnectionError: 44,
     PDFOutputUnavailable: 45,
+    VEXError: 46,
 }