diff --git a/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs b/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs
index cdefada5e24ae..4c6c352ff3395 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/datafusion-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ async fn main_inner() -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn create_runtime_env(rn_config: RuntimeConfig) -> Result<RuntimeEnv> {
-    RuntimeEnv::new(rn_config)
+    RuntimeEnv::try_new(rn_config)
 }
 
 fn parse_valid_file(dir: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs
index 574d387ae697f..4022eb07de0c7 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ impl Debug for RuntimeEnv {
 }
 
 impl RuntimeEnv {
-    /// Create env based on configuration
+    #[deprecated(note = "please use `try_new` instead")]
     pub fn new(config: RuntimeConfig) -> Result<Self> {
+        Self::try_new(config)
+    }
+    /// Create env based on configuration
+    pub fn try_new(config: RuntimeConfig) -> Result<Self> {
         let RuntimeConfig {
             memory_pool,
             disk_manager,
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ impl RuntimeEnv {
     /// # use std::sync::Arc;
     /// # use url::Url;
     /// # use datafusion_execution::runtime_env::RuntimeEnv;
-    /// # let runtime_env = RuntimeEnv::new(Default::default()).unwrap();
+    /// # let runtime_env = RuntimeEnv::try_new(Default::default()).unwrap();
     /// let url = Url::try_from("file://").unwrap();
     /// let object_store = object_store::local::LocalFileSystem::new();
     /// // register the object store with the runtime environment
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ impl RuntimeEnv {
     /// # use std::sync::Arc;
     /// # use url::Url;
     /// # use datafusion_execution::runtime_env::RuntimeEnv;
-    /// # let runtime_env = RuntimeEnv::new(Default::default()).unwrap();
+    /// # let runtime_env = RuntimeEnv::try_new(Default::default()).unwrap();
     /// # // use local store for example as http feature is not enabled
     /// # let http_store = object_store::local::LocalFileSystem::new();
     /// // create a new object store via object_store::http::HttpBuilder;