diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/UnmodifyableHRegionInfo.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/UnmodifyableHRegionInfo.java
index dfe04e7c602..128a77de196 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/UnmodifyableHRegionInfo.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/UnmodifyableHRegionInfo.java
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 
-@InterfaceAudience.Private
+/**
+ * @deprecated As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0.
+ */
+@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@Deprecated
 class UnmodifyableHRegionInfo extends HRegionInfo {
   /*
    * Creates an unmodifyable copy of an HRegionInfo