diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/tasklet/Recoverable.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/tasklet/Recoverable.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f44026e6..000000000
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/tasklet/Recoverable.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet;
-
-/**
- * Marker interface for {@link Tasklet} implementations that are able to take a
- * recovery action in the case that an exception is thrown inside
- * {@link Tasklet#execute()}. Containers must ensure that the recover method is
- * called in a different transactional context than the failed execution, e.g.
- * by creating a new transaction with propagation REQUIRES_NEW.
- * 
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-public interface Recoverable {
-
-	/**
-	 * Take some action to recover the current batch operation. E.g. send a
-	 * message to an error queue, or append a bad record to a special file.
-	 * 
-	 * @param cause the exception that caused the recovery step to be called.
-	 */
-	void recover(Throwable cause);
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemProviderProcessTasklet.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemProviderProcessTasklet.java
index 1271bda95..60fd7c8f5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemProviderProcessTasklet.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemProviderProcessTasklet.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Recoverable;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.Skippable;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
@@ -58,11 +57,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * case because a transaction would have rolled back and the item would be
  * represented).<br/>
  * 
- * If a {@link RetryPolicy} is not provided then the {@link Recoverable}
+ * If a {@link RetryPolicy} is not provided then the {@link ItemRecoverer}
  * interface can be used to attempt to recover immediately (with no retry) from
- * a processing error. Clients of this class must call
- * {@link Recoverable#recover(Throwable)} directly, which is simply delegated to
- * {@link ItemProvider#recover(Object, Throwable)}.
+ * a processing error. Clients of this class should ensure that the recovery
+ * takes place in a separate transaction (e.g. with propagation REQUIRES_NEW) if
+ * necessary. This can easily be achieved by injecting an {@link ItemRecoverer}
+ * that has a transactional recover method.
  * 
  * @see ItemProvider
  * @see ItemProcessor