diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/metrics/ServerSideScanMetrics.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/metrics/ServerSideScanMetrics.java
index 6e4e9b81fe5..7cf7fb45269 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/metrics/ServerSideScanMetrics.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/metrics/ServerSideScanMetrics.java
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public class ServerSideScanMetrics {
   public static final String COUNT_OF_ROWS_SCANNED_KEY_METRIC_NAME = "ROWS_SCANNED";
   public static final String COUNT_OF_ROWS_FILTERED_KEY_METRIC_NAME = "ROWS_FILTERED";
 
+  /** @deprecated Use {@link #COUNT_OF_ROWS_SCANNED_KEY_METRIC_NAME} instead */
+  public static final String COUNT_OF_ROWS_SCANNED_KEY = COUNT_OF_ROWS_SCANNED_KEY_METRIC_NAME;
+  /** @deprecated Use {@link #COUNT_OF_ROWS_FILTERED_KEY_METRIC_NAME} instead */
+  public static final String COUNT_OF_ROWS_FILTERED_KEY = COUNT_OF_ROWS_FILTERED_KEY_METRIC_NAME;
+
   /**
    * number of rows filtered during scan RPC
    */