diff --git a/qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py b/qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py
index 412a543387d2..a00ee82873ba 100644
--- a/qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py
+++ b/qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 
 import abc
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Any, Union, Tuple
+import warnings
 
 import numpy as np
 
 from qiskit.circuit.parameterexpression import ParameterExpression, ParameterValueType
 from qiskit.pulse.exceptions import PulseError
 from qiskit.pulse.schedule import Schedule, ScheduleComponent
-from qiskit.pulse.utils import instruction_duration_validation, deprecated_functionality
+from qiskit.pulse.utils import instruction_duration_validation
 
 
 class AlignmentKind(abc.ABC):
@@ -44,9 +45,14 @@ def align(self, schedule: Schedule) -> Schedule:
         """
         pass
 
-    @deprecated_functionality
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Returns dictionary to represent this alignment."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The AlignmentKind.to_dict method is deprecated as of Qiskit Terra "
+            "0.21 and will be removed no sooner than 3 months after the release date.",
+            category=DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
         return {"alignment": self.__class__.__name__}
 
     @property
@@ -329,9 +335,14 @@ def align(self, schedule: Schedule) -> Schedule:
 
         return aligned
 
-    @deprecated_functionality
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Returns dictionary to represent this alignment."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The AlignEquispaced.to_dict method is deprecated as of Qiskit Terra "
+            "0.21 and will be removed no sooner than 3 months after the release date.",
+            category=DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
         return {"alignment": self.__class__.__name__, "duration": self.duration}
 
 
@@ -413,12 +424,17 @@ def align(self, schedule: Schedule) -> Schedule:
 
         return aligned
 
-    @deprecated_functionality
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Returns dictionary to represent this alignment.
 
         .. note:: ``func`` is not presented in this dictionary. Just name.
         """
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The AlignFunc.to_dict method is deprecated as of Qiskit Terra "
+            "0.21 and will be removed no sooner than 3 months after the release date.",
+            category=DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
         return {
             "alignment": self.__class__.__name__,
             "duration": self.duration,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecated-pulse-deprecator-394ec75079441cda.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecated-pulse-deprecator-394ec75079441cda.yaml
index 15b895c46017..17a114f347cb 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/deprecated-pulse-deprecator-394ec75079441cda.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecated-pulse-deprecator-394ec75079441cda.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 deprecations:
   - |
-    The pulse-module function ``qiskit.pulse.utils.deprecate_functionality`` is
+    The pulse-module function ``qiskit.pulse.utils.deprecated_functionality`` is
     deprecated and will be removed in a future release.  This was a primarily
     internal-only function.  The same functionality is supplied by
     ``qiskit.utils.deprecate_function``, which should be used instead.