diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/ResourceReaderRepositoryPopulatorBeanDefinitionParser.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/ResourceReaderRepositoryPopulatorBeanDefinitionParser.java
index b2f32e358..b67963470 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/ResourceReaderRepositoryPopulatorBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/ResourceReaderRepositoryPopulatorBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class ResourceReaderRepositoryPopulatorBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 
 	/* 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean.java
index bebd231f0..0789f35f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 /**
  * {@link FactoryBean} to set up a {@link ResourceReaderRepositoryPopulator} with a {@link JacksonResourceReader}.
  * 
+ * @deprecated use {@link Jackson2RepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean} instead
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class JacksonRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean extends AbstractRepositoryPopulatorFactoryBean {
 
 	private ObjectMapper mapper;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonResourceReader.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonResourceReader.java
index 487738644..eae5930ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonResourceReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/init/JacksonResourceReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 /**
  * A {@link ResourceReader} using Jackson to read JSON into objects.
  * 
+ * @deprecated use {@link Jackson2ResourceReader} instead.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class JacksonResourceReader implements ResourceReader {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_TYPE_KEY = "_class";
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/repository/config/spring-repository-1.7.xsd b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/repository/config/spring-repository-1.7.xsd
index cd642a68d..b3d0b184c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/repository/config/spring-repository-1.7.xsd
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/repository/config/spring-repository-1.7.xsd
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 	<!-- JSON (Jackson) initializer -->
 	
 	<xsd:element name="jackson-populator">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation>
+				Deprecated, use jackson2-populator instead.
+			</xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:complexType>
 			<xsd:complexContent>
 				<xsd:extension base="populator">