diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TimeRange.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TimeRange.java
index 764b2a0e0f7..0d418d48d49 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TimeRange.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TimeRange.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
  * Evaluated according to minStamp <= timestamp < maxStamp
  * or [minStamp,maxStamp) in interval notation.
  * <p>
- * Only used internally; should not be accessed directly by clients.
+ * Can be returned and read by clients.  Should not be directly created by clients.
+ * Thus, all constructors are purposely @InterfaceAudience.Private.
  *<p>Immutable. Thread-safe.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Public
@@ -43,9 +44,11 @@ public class TimeRange {
   /**
    * Default constructor.
    * Represents interval [0, Long.MAX_VALUE) (allTime)
-   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above
+   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above and may be
+   * changed to private or removed in 3.0.
    */
   @Deprecated
+  @InterfaceAudience.Private
   public TimeRange() {
     this(INITIAL_MIN_TIMESTAMP, INITIAL_MAX_TIMESTAMP);
   }
@@ -53,9 +56,11 @@ public class TimeRange {
   /**
    * Represents interval [minStamp, Long.MAX_VALUE)
    * @param minStamp the minimum timestamp value, inclusive
-   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above
+   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above and may be
+   * changed to private or removed in 3.0.
    */
   @Deprecated
+  @InterfaceAudience.Private
   public TimeRange(long minStamp) {
     this(minStamp, INITIAL_MAX_TIMESTAMP);
   }
@@ -63,9 +68,11 @@ public class TimeRange {
   /**
    * Represents interval [minStamp, Long.MAX_VALUE)
    * @param minStamp the minimum timestamp value, inclusive
-   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above
+   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above and may be
+   * changed to private or removed in 3.0.
    */
   @Deprecated
+  @InterfaceAudience.Private
   public TimeRange(byte [] minStamp) {
     this(Bytes.toLong(minStamp));
   }
@@ -74,9 +81,11 @@ public class TimeRange {
    * Represents interval [minStamp, maxStamp)
    * @param minStamp the minimum timestamp, inclusive
    * @param maxStamp the maximum timestamp, exclusive
-   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above
+   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above and may be
+   * changed to private or removed in 3.0.
    */
   @Deprecated
+  @InterfaceAudience.Private
   public TimeRange(byte [] minStamp, byte [] maxStamp) {
     this(Bytes.toLong(minStamp), Bytes.toLong(maxStamp));
   }
@@ -86,9 +95,11 @@ public class TimeRange {
    * @param minStamp the minimum timestamp, inclusive
    * @param maxStamp the maximum timestamp, exclusive
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either <0,
-   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above
+   * @deprecated This is made @InterfaceAudience.Private in the 2.0 line and above and may be
+   * changed to private or removed in 3.0.
    */
   @Deprecated
+  @InterfaceAudience.Private
   public TimeRange(long minStamp, long maxStamp) {
     check(minStamp, maxStamp);
     this.minStamp = minStamp;