--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/SecurityManager.java	2013-03-28 18:42:47.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/SecurityManager.java	2013-03-28 18:42:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -1675,10 +1675,18 @@
      *             permission to access members.
      * @exception  NullPointerException if the <code>clazz</code> argument is
      *             <code>null</code>.
+     *
+     * @deprecated This method relies on the caller being at a stack depth
+     *             of 4 which is error-prone and cannot be enforced by the runtime.
+     *             This method will be modified to throw {@code SecurityException}
+     *             in a future release.  Use the {@link #checkPermission} 
+     *             method instead to perform the appropriate permission check.
+     *
      * @see java.lang.reflect.Member
      * @since JDK1.1
      * @see        #checkPermission(java.security.Permission) checkPermission
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void checkMemberAccess(Class<?> clazz, int which) {
         if (clazz == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("class can't be null");