diff --git a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/CommandProcessor.java b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/CommandProcessor.java
index 64e13c3d7af34..ccdb29e844e8e 100644
--- a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/CommandProcessor.java
+++ b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/CommandProcessor.java
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
  * Provides a <code>doCommand</code> method, which sends the command to the browser to be performed.
  * </p>
  * 
- * 
+ *
  * @author Paul Hammant
  * @version $Revision$
+ * @deprecated The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface CommandProcessor {
 
   /**
diff --git a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/DefaultSelenium.java b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/DefaultSelenium.java
index cecb598bb2343..fc63d4126cee2 100644
--- a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/DefaultSelenium.java
+++ b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/DefaultSelenium.java
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 /**
  * The default implementation of the Selenium interface; <i>end users will primarily interact with
  * this object.</i>
+ *
+ * @deprecated The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class DefaultSelenium implements Selenium {
 
   protected CommandProcessor commandProcessor;
diff --git a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java
index 819a08c598a85..419bcd336af61 100644
--- a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java
+++ b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
  * Sends commands and retrieves results via HTTP.
  * 
  * @author Ben Griffiths, Jez Humble
+ * @deprecated The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class HttpCommandProcessor implements CommandProcessor {
 
   private String pathToServlet;
diff --git a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/SeleneseTestBase.java b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/SeleneseTestBase.java
index 08c66f7864c64..258a1e19174ba 100644
--- a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/SeleneseTestBase.java
+++ b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/SeleneseTestBase.java
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
  * </p>
  * 
  * @author Nelson Sproul (nsproul@bea.com) Mar 13-06
+ * @deprecated The RC interface will be removed in Selenium 3.0. Please migrate to using WebDriver.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class SeleneseTestBase {
 
   private static final boolean THIS_IS_WINDOWS = File.pathSeparator.equals(";");
diff --git a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/Wait.java b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/Wait.java
index cf6915af607e7..42ee3516d15e3 100644
--- a/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/Wait.java
+++ b/java/client/src/com/thoughtworks/selenium/Wait.java
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
  * @author Dan Fabulich
  *
  * @deprecated Moved to com.thoughtworks.selenium.webdriven
- * 
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class Wait {
   public Wait() {
   }