--- old/src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/type/ReferenceType.java	2009-07-26 21:26:21.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/type/ReferenceType.java	2009-07-26 21:26:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@
  * Represents a reference type.
  * These include class and interface types, array types, and type variables.
  *
+ * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
+ * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
+ * functionality of this interface is {@link
+ * javax.lang.model.type.ReferenceType}.
+ *
  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  * @author Scott Seligman
  * @since 1.5
  */
-
+@Deprecated
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public interface ReferenceType extends TypeMirror {
 }