diff --git a/core/includes/entity.inc b/core/includes/entity.inc
index a18fdede12b8..0dc442601439 100644
--- a/core/includes/entity.inc
+++ b/core/includes/entity.inc
@@ -71,22 +71,13 @@ function entity_get_bundles($entity_type = NULL) {
  * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null
  *   The entity object, or NULL if there is no entity with the given ID.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
- *   The method overriding Entity::load() for the entity type, e.g.
- *   \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load() if the entity type is known. If the
- *   entity type is variable, use the entity manager service to load the entity
- *   from the entity storage:
- *   @code
- *     \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->load($id);
- *   @endcode
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the
+ *   entity type storage's load() method.
  *
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface::load()
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getStorage()
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface::load()
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\SqlContentEntityStorage
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\QueryInterface
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function entity_load($entity_type, $id, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('entity_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage\'s load() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   $controller = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage($entity_type);
   if ($reset) {
     $controller->resetCache([$id]);
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityStatusUITest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityStatusUITest.php
index 3db476bb3e1b..b0fa22f2dec9 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityStatusUITest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityStatusUITest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ConfigEntityStatusUITest extends BrowserTestBase {
     ];
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/structure/config_test/add', $edit, 'Save');
 
-    $entity = entity_load('config_test', $id);
+    $entity = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('config_test')->load($id);
 
     // Disable an entity.
     $disable_url = $entity->toUrl('disable');
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityTest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityTest.php
index 94b9be764b05..2b72ef511783 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigEntityTest.php
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ class ConfigEntityTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $this->assertLinkByHref('admin/structure/config_test/manage/0');
     $this->assertLinkByHref('admin/structure/config_test/manage/0/delete');
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/structure/config_test/manage/0/delete', [], 'Delete');
-    $this->assertFalse(entity_load('config_test', '0'), 'Test entity deleted');
+    $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('config_test');
+    $this->assertNull($storage->load(0), 'Test entity deleted');
 
     // Create a configuration entity with a property that uses AJAX to show
     // extra form elements. Test this scenario in a non-JS case by using a
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ class ConfigEntityTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $edit += ['size_value' => 'medium'];
     $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, 'Save');
 
-    $entity = entity_load('config_test', $id);
+    $entity = $storage->load($id);
     $this->assertEqual($entity->get('size'), 'custom');
     $this->assertEqual($entity->get('size_value'), 'medium');
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigInstallWebTest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigInstallWebTest.php
index 5ac93bb8abc1..ab235ed8e50b 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigInstallWebTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigInstallWebTest.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class ConfigInstallWebTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/modules', ['modules[config_other_module_config_test][enable]' => TRUE], t('Install'));
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/modules', ['modules[config_install_dependency_test][enable]' => TRUE], t('Install'));
     $this->rebuildContainer();
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_with_dependency'), 'The config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_with_dependency configuration has been created during install.');
+    $this->assertTrue(\Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('config_test')->load('other_module_test_with_dependency'), 'The config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_with_dependency configuration has been created during install.');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigOtherModuleTest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigOtherModuleTest.php
index e1bc859b2992..4ff2b18f80bc 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigOtherModuleTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Functional/ConfigOtherModuleTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     // Install the module that provides the entity type. This installs the
     // default configuration.
     $this->installModule('config_test');
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test', TRUE), 'Default configuration has been installed.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test'), 'Default configuration has been installed.');
 
     // Uninstall the module that provides the entity type. This will remove the
     // default configuration.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     // Install the module that provides the entity type again. This installs the
     // default configuration.
     $this->installModule('config_test');
-    $other_module_config_entity = entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test', TRUE);
+    $other_module_config_entity = $this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test');
     $this->assertTrue($other_module_config_entity, "Default configuration has been recreated.");
 
     // Update the default configuration to test that the changes are preserved
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
 
     // Uninstall the module that provides the default configuration.
     $this->uninstallModule('config_other_module_config_test');
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test', TRUE), 'Default configuration for other modules is not removed when the module that provides it is uninstalled.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test'), 'Default configuration for other modules is not removed when the module that provides it is uninstalled.');
 
     // Default configuration provided by config_test should still exist.
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'dotted.default', TRUE), 'The configuration is not deleted.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage()->load('dotted.default'), 'The configuration is not deleted.');
 
     // Re-enable module to test that pre-existing optional configuration does
     // not throw an error.
@@ -59,17 +59,16 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
 
     // Ensure that optional configuration with unmet dependencies is only
     // installed once all the dependencies are met.
-    $this->assertNull(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_unmet', TRUE), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_unmet whose dependencies are not met is not created.');
-    $this->assertNull(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet', TRUE), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet whose dependencies are not met is not created.');
-    $this->installModule('config_test_language');
-    $this->assertNull(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet2', TRUE), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet2 whose dependencies are not met is not created.');
+    $this->assertNull($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_unmet'), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_unmet whose dependencies are not met is not created.');
+    $this->assertNull($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet'), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet whose dependencies are not met is not created.');    $this->installModule('config_test_language');
+    $this->assertNull($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet'), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet whose dependencies are met is not created.');
     $this->installModule('config_install_dependency_test');
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_unmet', TRUE), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_unmet whose dependencies are met is now created.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_unmet'), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_unmet whose dependencies are met is now created.');
     // The following configuration entity's dependencies are now met. It is
     // indirectly dependent on the config_install_dependency_test module because
     // it has a dependency on the config_test.dynamic.dependency_for_unmet2
     // configuration provided by that module and, therefore, should be created.
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet2', TRUE), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet2 whose dependencies are met is now created.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet2'), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet2 whose dependencies are met is now created.');
 
     // The following configuration entity's dependencies are now met even though
     // it has no direct dependency on the module. It is indirectly dependent on
@@ -77,14 +76,14 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     // the config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_unmet configuration that is
     // dependent on the config_install_dependency_test module and, therefore,
     // should be created.
-    $entity = entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet', TRUE);
+    $entity = $this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet');
     $this->assertTrue($entity, 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet whose dependencies are met is created.');
     $entity->delete();
 
     // Install another module to ensure the configuration just deleted is not
     // recreated.
     $this->installModule('config');
-    $this->assertFalse(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet', TRUE), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet whose dependencies are met is not installed when an unrelated module is installed.');
+    $this->assertFalse($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet'), 'The optional configuration config_test.dynamic.other_module_test_optional_entity_unmet whose dependencies are met is not installed when an unrelated module is installed.');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -92,10 +91,10 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
    */
   public function testInstallConfigEntityModuleFirst() {
     $this->installModule('config_test');
-    $this->assertFalse(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test', TRUE), 'Default configuration provided by config_other_module_config_test does not exist.');
+    $this->assertFalse($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test'), 'Default configuration provided by config_other_module_config_test does not exist.');
 
     $this->installModule('config_other_module_config_test');
-    $this->assertTrue(entity_load('config_test', 'other_module_test', TRUE), 'Default configuration provided by config_other_module_config_test has been installed.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage()->load('other_module_test'), 'Default configuration provided by config_other_module_config_test has been installed.');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -103,16 +102,11 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
    */
   public function testUninstall() {
     $this->installModule('views');
-    $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('view');
-    $storage->resetCache(['frontpage']);
-    $this->assertTrue($storage->load('frontpage') === NULL, 'After installing Views, frontpage view which is dependant on the Node and Views modules does not exist.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage('view')->load('frontpage') === NULL, 'After installing Views, frontpage view which is dependant on the Node and Views modules does not exist.');
     $this->installModule('node');
-    $storage->resetCache(['frontpage']);
-    $this->assertTrue($storage->load('frontpage') !== NULL, 'After installing Node, frontpage view which is dependant on the Node and Views modules exists.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage('view')->load('frontpage') !== NULL, 'After installing Node, frontpage view which is dependant on the Node and Views modules exists.');
     $this->uninstallModule('node');
-    $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('view');
-    $storage->resetCache(['frontpage']);
-    $this->assertTrue($storage->load('frontpage') === NULL, 'After uninstalling Node, frontpage view which is dependant on the Node and Views modules does not exist.');
+    $this->assertTrue($this->getStorage('view')->load('frontpage') === NULL, 'After uninstalling Node, frontpage view which is dependant on the Node and Views modules does not exist.');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -137,4 +131,18 @@ class ConfigOtherModuleTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $this->container = \Drupal::getContainer();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the provided entity type's storage.
+   *
+   * @param string $entity_type_id
+   *   (optional) The entity type ID to get a storage for. Defaults to
+   *   'config_test'.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface
+   *   The entity type's storage.
+   */
+  protected function getStorage($entity_type_id = 'config_test') {
+    return \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type_id);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationSyncImageTest.php b/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationSyncImageTest.php
index 5f7c9fd9b8ec..99d93331cace 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationSyncImageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/tests/src/Functional/ContentTranslationSyncImageTest.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class ContentTranslationSyncImageTest extends ContentTranslationTestBase {
    */
   protected function saveEntity(EntityInterface $entity) {
     $entity->save();
-    $entity = entity_test_mul_load($entity->id(), TRUE);
+    $entity = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_mul')->loadUnchanged($entity->id());
     return $entity;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/file/file.module b/core/modules/file/file.module
index 79b8c07a1c7f..d220cabc576e 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/file.module
+++ b/core/modules/file/file.module
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ function file_load_multiple(array $fids = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  * @return \Drupal\file\FileInterface|null
  *   A file entity or NULL if the file was not found.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\file\Entity\File::load().
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal\file\Entity\File::load().
  *
- * @see hook_ENTITY_TYPE_load()
- * @see file_load_multiple()
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function file_load($fid, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('file_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\file\Entity\File::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   if ($reset) {
     \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('file')->resetCache([$fid]);
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/file/tests/src/Kernel/FileLegacyTest.php b/core/modules/file/tests/src/Kernel/FileLegacyTest.php
index 43c11fb40206..842c8500baba 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/tests/src/Kernel/FileLegacyTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/tests/src/Kernel/FileLegacyTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\file\Kernel;
 
+use Drupal\file\FileInterface;
 use Drupal\Tests\field\Kernel\FieldKernelTestBase;
 use Drupal\file\Entity\File;
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class FileLegacyTest extends FieldKernelTestBase {
 
   /**
    * @expectedDeprecation file_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\file\Entity\File::loadMultiple(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation file_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\file\Entity\File::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
    */
   public function testEntityLegacyCode() {
     file_put_contents('public://example.txt', $this->randomMachineName());
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ class FileLegacyTest extends FieldKernelTestBase {
     $this->assertCount(1, file_load_multiple());
     File::create(['uri' => 'public://example.txt'])->save();
     $this->assertCount(2, file_load_multiple());
+
+    $this->assertNull(file_load(300));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(FileInterface::class, file_load(1));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 1629d25cd8de..9fdabf32b4ad 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -332,10 +332,13 @@ function node_type_get_description(NodeTypeInterface $node_type) {
  * @return \Drupal\node\NodeTypeInterface
  *   A node type object or NULL if $name does not exist.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType::load().
+ * @deprecated iin Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType::load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function node_type_load($name) {
+  @trigger_error('node_type_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   return NodeType::load($name);
 }
 
@@ -468,10 +471,13 @@ function node_load_multiple(array $nids = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  * @return \Drupal\node\NodeInterface|null
  *   A fully-populated node entity, or NULL if the node is not found.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load().
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function node_load($nid = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('node_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   if ($reset) {
     \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('node')->resetCache([$nid]);
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeLegacyTest.php b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeLegacyTest.php
index ecd290c1342c..fe25f457e091 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeLegacyTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Kernel/NodeLegacyTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace Drupal\Tests\node\Kernel;
 use Drupal\KernelTests\Core\Entity\EntityKernelTestBase;
 use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
 use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
+use Drupal\node\NodeInterface;
+use Drupal\node\NodeTypeInterface;
 
 /**
  * Tests legacy user functionality.
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ class NodeLegacyTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
 
   /**
    * @expectedDeprecation node_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::loadMultiple(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation node_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation node_type_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
    */
   public function testEntityLegacyCode() {
     $this->assertCount(0, node_load_multiple());
@@ -52,6 +56,11 @@ class NodeLegacyTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
       'title' => $this->randomMachineName(),
     ])->save();
     $this->assertCount(2, node_load_multiple());
+
+    $this->assertNull(node_load(30));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(NodeInterface::class, node_load(1));
+    $this->assertNull(node_type_load('a_node_type_does_not_exist'));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(NodeTypeInterface::class, node_type_load('page'));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
index 66a42e2931c6..3e63e736f2d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
@@ -361,8 +361,14 @@ function entity_test_form_node_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state
  *
  * @return \Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTest
  *   The loaded entity object, or NULL if the entity cannot be loaded.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test')->load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function entity_test_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('entity_test_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage(\'entity_test\')->load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test');
   if ($reset) {
     $storage->resetCache([$id]);
@@ -380,8 +386,14 @@ function entity_test_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
  *
  * @return \Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTestRev
  *   The loaded entity object, or NULL if the entity cannot be loaded.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_rev')->load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function entity_test_rev_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('entity_test_rev_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage(\'entity_test_rev\')->load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_rev');
   if ($reset) {
     $storage->resetCache([$id]);
@@ -399,8 +411,14 @@ function entity_test_rev_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
  *
  * @return \Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTestMul
  *   The loaded entity object, or FALSE if the entity cannot be loaded.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_mul')->load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function entity_test_mul_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('entity_test_mul_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage(\'entity_test_mul\')->load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_mul');
   if ($reset) {
     $storage->resetCache([$id]);
@@ -418,8 +436,14 @@ function entity_test_mul_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
  *
  * @return \Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTestMulRev
  *   The loaded entity object, or NULL if the entity cannot be loaded.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_mulrev_load')->load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function entity_test_mulrev_load($id, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('entity_test_mulrev_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage(\'entity_test_mulrev\')->load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('entity_test_mulrev');
   if ($reset) {
     $storage->resetCache([$id]);
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 8b648b796a8f..652ba32d0790 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -399,34 +399,40 @@ function taxonomy_vocabulary_load_multiple(array $vids = NULL) {
 /**
  * Return the taxonomy vocabulary entity matching a vocabulary ID.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary::load().
- *
  * @param int $vid
  *   The vocabulary's ID.
  *
  * @return \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary|null
  *   The taxonomy vocabulary entity, if exists, NULL otherwise. Results are
  *   statically cached.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary::load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function taxonomy_vocabulary_load($vid) {
+  @trigger_error('taxonomy_vocabulary_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   return Vocabulary::load($vid);
 }
 
 /**
  * Return the taxonomy term entity matching a term ID.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Term::load().
- *
  * @param $tid
  *   A term's ID
  *
  * @return \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Term|null
  *   A taxonomy term entity, or NULL if the term was not found. Results are
  *   statically cached.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Term::load().
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function taxonomy_term_load($tid) {
+  @trigger_error('taxonomy_term_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Term::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   if (!is_numeric($tid)) {
     return NULL;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Kernel/TaxonomyLegacyTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Kernel/TaxonomyLegacyTest.php
index 1971b4a1dff9..429e6fdafd35 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Kernel/TaxonomyLegacyTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Kernel/TaxonomyLegacyTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace Drupal\Tests\taxonomy\Kernel;
 
 use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\taxonomy\TermInterface;
+use Drupal\taxonomy\VocabularyInterface;
 use Drupal\Tests\taxonomy\Functional\TaxonomyTestTrait;
 
 /**
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ class TaxonomyLegacyTest extends KernelTestBase {
   /**
    * @expectedDeprecation taxonomy_term_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Term::loadMultiple(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
    * @expectedDeprecation taxonomy_vocabulary_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary::loadMultiple(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation taxonomy_term_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Term::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation taxonomy_vocabulary_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
    */
   public function testEntityLegacyCode() {
     $this->assertCount(0, taxonomy_term_load_multiple());
@@ -45,6 +49,11 @@ class TaxonomyLegacyTest extends KernelTestBase {
     $this->createTerm($vocab);
     $this->assertCount(3, taxonomy_term_load_multiple());
     $this->assertCount(2, taxonomy_vocabulary_load_multiple());
+
+    $this->assertNull(taxonomy_term_load(3000));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(TermInterface::class, taxonomy_term_load(1));
+    $this->assertNull(taxonomy_vocabulary_load('not_a_vocab'));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(VocabularyInterface::class, taxonomy_vocabulary_load($vocab->id()));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/user/tests/src/Kernel/UserLegacyTest.php b/core/modules/user/tests/src/Kernel/UserLegacyTest.php
index 48d48afda232..7decba06f8c3 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/tests/src/Kernel/UserLegacyTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/tests/src/Kernel/UserLegacyTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Drupal\Tests\user\Kernel;
 
 use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
 
 /**
  * Tests legacy user functionality.
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ class UserLegacyTest extends KernelTestBase {
 
   /**
    * @expectedDeprecation user_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\user\Entity\User::loadMultiple(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation user_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\user\Entity\User::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
    */
   public function testEntityLegacyCode() {
     $this->installSchema('system', ['sequences']);
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ class UserLegacyTest extends KernelTestBase {
     $this->assertCount(1, user_load_multiple());
     User::create(['name' => 'bar'])->save();
     $this->assertCount(2, user_load_multiple());
+
+    $this->assertNull(user_load(300));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(UserInterface::class, user_load(1));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.module b/core/modules/user/user.module
index 3d781fb32005..f46d61e0cbb0 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.module
@@ -226,12 +226,13 @@ function user_load_multiple(array $uids = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  *   A fully-loaded user object upon successful user load, or NULL if the user
  *   cannot be loaded.
  *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\user\Entity\User::load().
+ * @deprecated iin Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use
+ *   Drupal\user\Entity\User::load().
  *
- * @see \Drupal\user\Entity\User::loadMultiple()
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
  */
 function user_load($uid, $reset = FALSE) {
+  @trigger_error('user_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal\user\Entity\User::load(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   if ($reset) {
     \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('user')->resetCache([$uid]);
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceIntegrationTest.php b/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceIntegrationTest.php
index 225370fb8ac9..1252a672b36d 100644
--- a/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceIntegrationTest.php
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class WorkspaceIntegrationTest extends KernelTestBase {
     // - a multi-dimensional array keyed by the workspace ID, then by the entity
     //   ID and finally by the revision ID.
     // - 'default_revision' indicates the entity revision that should be
-    //   returned by entity_load(), non-revision entity queries and non-revision
-    //   views *in a given workspace*, it does not indicate what is actually
-    //   stored in the base and data entity tables.
+    //   returned when loading an entity, non-revision entity queries and
+    //   non-revision views *in a given workspace*, it does not indicate what is
+    //   actually stored in the base and data entity tables.
     $test_scenarios = [];
 
     // The $expected_workspace_association array holds the revision IDs which
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityNormalizeTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityNormalizeTest.php
index 1b468b0670fa..93b6d8929b82 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityNormalizeTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityNormalizeTest.php
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ class ConfigEntityNormalizeTest extends KernelTestBase {
     ] + $config->getRawData();
     $config->setData($data)->save();
     $this->assertNotIdentical($config_entity->toArray(), $config->getRawData(), 'Stored config entity is not is equivalent to config schema.');
-
-    $config_entity = entity_load('config_test', 'system', TRUE);
+    $config_entity = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('config_test')->load('system');
     $config_entity->save();
 
     $config = $this->config('config_test.dynamic.system');
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStatusTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStatusTest.php
index 20ceef405153..4f6d51c10cc4 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStatusTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStatusTest.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ConfigEntityStatusTest extends KernelTestBase {
     $entity->enable()->save();
     $this->assertTrue($entity->status(), 'Entity is enabled after enabling.');
 
-    $entity = entity_load('config_test', $entity->id());
+    $entity = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('config_test')->load($entity->id());
     $this->assertTrue($entity->status(), 'Status is enabled after reload.');
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStorageTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStorageTest.php
index ce9a928d53a3..a8a377db746d 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStorageTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigEntityStorageTest.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ConfigEntityStorageTest extends KernelTestBase {
     }
 
     // Ensure that the config entity was not corrupted.
-    $entity = entity_load('config_test', $entity->id(), TRUE);
+    $entity = $storage->loadUnchanged($entity->id());
     $this->assertIdentical($entity->toArray(), $original_properties);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityLegacyTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityLegacyTest.php
index 51721a73acf7..ff13f6c2b24e 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityLegacyTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityLegacyTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\KernelTests\Core\Entity;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTest;
 use Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTestMul;
 use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class EntityLegacyTest extends KernelTestBase {
 
   /**
    * @expectedDeprecation entity_load_multiple() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage's loadMultiple() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
+   * @expectedDeprecation entity_load() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use the entity type storage's load() method. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2266845
    */
   public function testEntityLegacyCode() {
     $this->assertCount(0, entity_load_multiple('entity_test'));
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ class EntityLegacyTest extends KernelTestBase {
     EntityTestMul::create(['name' => 'published entity'])->save();
     $this->assertCount(2, entity_load_multiple('entity_test'));
     $this->assertCount(1, entity_load_multiple('entity_test_mul'));
+
+    $this->assertNull(entity_load('entity_test', 100));
+    $this->assertInstanceOf(EntityInterface::class, entity_load('entity_test', 1));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityRevisionTranslationTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityRevisionTranslationTest.php
index 34969ebd4d16..1d3f1b420d85 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityRevisionTranslationTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityRevisionTranslationTest.php
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ class EntityRevisionTranslationTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
     // All revisionable entity variations have to have the same results.
     foreach (entity_test_entity_types(ENTITY_TEST_TYPES_REVISABLE) as $entity_type) {
       $this->installEntitySchema($entity_type);
+      $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type);
 
       $entity = entity_create($entity_type, [
         'name' => 'foo',
@@ -178,12 +179,12 @@ class EntityRevisionTranslationTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
       $entity->save();
       $entity_id = $entity->id();
       $entity_rev_id = $entity->getRevisionId();
-      $entity = entity_load($entity_type, $entity_id, TRUE);
+      $entity = $storage->loadUnchanged($entity_id);
 
       $entity->setNewRevision(TRUE);
       $entity->setNewRevision(FALSE);
       $entity->save();
-      $entity = entity_load($entity_type, $entity_id, TRUE);
+      $entity = $storage->loadUnchanged($entity_id);
 
       $this->assertEquals($entity_rev_id, $entity->getRevisionId(), 'A new entity revision was not created.');
     }