diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64b4bbd65f2..a133c16c10f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ release.
 
 ### Traces
 
+- Deprecate Record Exception API in favor of using Events.
+  ([#4825](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/4825))
+
 ### Metrics
 
 - Stabilize sections of Prometheus Metrics Exporter.
diff --git a/specification/trace/api.md b/specification/trace/api.md
index dba798a1849..206ef022f7a 100644
--- a/specification/trace/api.md
+++ b/specification/trace/api.md
@@ -681,6 +681,8 @@ in the scope of this requirement and recommendation.
 
 #### Record Exception
 
+**Status**: [Deprecated](../document-status.md)
+
 To facilitate recording an exception languages SHOULD provide a
 `RecordException` method if the language uses exceptions.
 This is a specialized variant of [`AddEvent`](#add-events),
diff --git a/specification/trace/exceptions.md b/specification/trace/exceptions.md
index d0377d3958b..b55464f48b6 100644
--- a/specification/trace/exceptions.md
+++ b/specification/trace/exceptions.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Exceptions
 
-**Status**: [Stable](../document-status.md), Unless otherwise specified.
+**Status**: [Deprecated](../document-status.md), follow the
+[semantic conventions for recording exceptions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/general/recording-errors.md#recording-exceptions)
+instead.
 
 This document defines how to record exceptions and their attributes.
 
@@ -19,8 +21,6 @@ to be set to ERROR.
 
 The name of the event MUST be `"exception"`.
 
-**Status**: [Development](../document-status.md) - Refer to the [Recording Errors](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/general/recording-errors.md) document for the details on how to report errors across signals.
-
 A typical template for an auto-instrumentation implementing this semantic convention
 using an [API-provided `recordException` method](api.md#record-exception)
 could look like this (pseudo-Java):