diff --git a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/rule/EcmascriptXPathRule.java b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/rule/EcmascriptXPathRule.java
index 4b5ea7f839..86bac22a3f 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/rule/EcmascriptXPathRule.java
+++ b/pmd-javascript/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ecmascript/rule/EcmascriptXPathRule.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ecmascript.EcmascriptParserOptions.Version;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.XPathRule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertyDescriptor;
 
-
+/**
+ * @deprecated Parser options are deprecated, use {@link XPathRule} directly
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class EcmascriptXPathRule extends XPathRule {
 
     private static final PropertyDescriptor<Boolean> RECORDING_COMMENTS_DESCRIPTOR = EcmascriptParserOptions.RECORDING_COMMENTS_DESCRIPTOR;
diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/rule/XmlXPathRule.java b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/rule/XmlXPathRule.java
index e833025a7d..ff9eb847ad 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/rule/XmlXPathRule.java
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/xml/rule/XmlXPathRule.java
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xml.XmlParserOptions;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.BooleanProperty;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Parser options are deprecated, use {@link XPathRule} directly
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class XmlXPathRule extends XPathRule {
 
     public static final BooleanProperty COALESCING_DESCRIPTOR = XmlParserOptions.COALESCING_DESCRIPTOR;