diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java
index 7870b3d2bb..a2d054f6d6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java
@@ -533,7 +533,10 @@ public class PostgreSQLDialect extends Dialect {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Deprecated
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated No longer used, and should be removed
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 	protected void extractField(
 			StringBuilder pattern,
 			TemporalUnit unit,