diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
index 92294c16a..17ad22928 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/preface.adoc
@@ -176,3 +176,6 @@ compatibility you can still bring `spring-cloud-stream-reactive` from previous v
 - _Test support binder_ `spring-cloud-stream-test-support` with MessageCollector in favor of a new test binder. See <<Testing>> for more details.
 - _@StreamMessageConverter_ - deprecated as it is no longer required.
 - The `original-content-type` header references have been removed after it's been deprecated in v2.0.
+- The `BinderAwareChannelResolver` is deprecated in favor if providing `spring.cloud.stream.sendto.destination` property.
+This is primarily for function-based programming model. For StreamListener it would still be required and thus will stay until we deprecate and eventually discontinue StreamListener
+and annotation-based programming model.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/BinderAwareChannelResolver.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/BinderAwareChannelResolver.java
index 9fb85d0f3..69f3f17a7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/BinderAwareChannelResolver.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/BinderAwareChannelResolver.java
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Ilayaperumal Gopinathan
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
+ *
+ * @deprecated As of 3.0.0 in favor if providing `spring.cloud.stream.sendto.destination` property.
+ * This is primarily for function-based programming model. For StreamListener it would still be
+ * required and thus will stay until we deprecate and eventually discontinue StreamListener
+ * and annotation-based programming model.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class BinderAwareChannelResolver
 		extends BeanFactoryMessageChannelDestinationResolver {