diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts
index 5f998981836c2..eec1d1f970c2e 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway/lib/method.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ export class Method extends Resource {
     // be applied to COGNITO_USER_POOLS AuthorizationType.
     const defaultScopes = options.authorizationScopes ?? defaultMethodOptions.authorizationScopes;
     const authorizationScopes = authorizationTypeOption === AuthorizationType.COGNITO ? defaultScopes : undefined;
+    Annotations.of(this).addWarningV2('@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:invalidAuthScope', '\'AuthorizationScopes\' can only be set when \'AuthorizationType\' sets \'COGNITO_USER_POOLS\'. Default to ignore the values set in \'AuthorizationScopes\'.');
 
     if (Authorizer.isAuthorizer(authorizer)) {
       authorizer._attachToApi(this.api);