diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
index 096c111..559c925 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
@@ -223,6 +223,17 @@ public class JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor
             mojoDescriptor.setSince( since.getValue() );
         }
 
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Deprecation hint
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        DocletTag deprecated = javaClass.getTagByName( DEPRECATED );
+
+        if ( deprecated != null )
+        {
+            mojoDescriptor.setDeprecated( deprecated.getValue() );
+        }
+
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Phase name
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------