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Missing '@Deprecated' annotation

Reports module declarations, classes, fields, or methods that have the @deprecated Javadoc tag but do not have the @java.lang.Deprecated annotation.

Example:

/** * @deprecated use {@code example()} instead */ void sample(){ }

After the quick-fix is applied:

/** * @deprecated use {@code example()} instead */ @Deprecated void sample(){ }

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

MissingDeprecatedAnnotation
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Javadoc

Use the checkbox below to report members annotated with @Deprecated without an explanation in a Javadoc @deprecated tag.

This inspection depends on the Java feature 'Annotations', which is available since Java 5.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Missing '@Deprecated' annotation inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Warn on missing @deprecated Javadoc tag explanation

Default value:

Not selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection MissingDeprecatedAnnotation

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025