diff --git a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/MavenReport.java b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/MavenReport.java
index b3bb4a9f55..72ff804dcc 100644
--- a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/MavenReport.java
+++ b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/MavenReport.java
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ public interface MavenReport
 {
     String ROLE = MavenReport.class.getName();
 
+    /** @deprecated For removal in Maven 3.0 or when reporting-api is decoupled from the core, as categories are dynamic. */
     String CATEGORY_PROJECT_INFORMATION = "Project Info";
 
+    /** @deprecated For removal in Maven 3.0 or when reporting-api is decoupled from the core, as categories are dynamic. */
     String CATEGORY_PROJECT_REPORTS = "Project Reports";
 
     // eventually, we must replace this with the o.a.m.d.s.Sink class as a parameter