diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index b8f8783555..de2569ac87 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### API Changes
 
+#### Deprecated APIs
+
+##### Internal API
+
+Those APIs are not intended to be used by clients, and will be hidden or removed with PMD 7.0.0.
+You can identify them with the `@InternalApi` annotation. You'll also get a deprecation warning.
+
+*   {% jdoc vm::lang.vm.VmTokenManager %}
+
 ### External Contributions
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java
index 69276ba09c..4fa9ab1225 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmParser.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.InternalApi;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.AbstractParser;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ParserOptions;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AbstractTokenManager;
diff --git a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java
index 55669a4bd6..0ae645a238 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java
+++ b/pmd-vm/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/vm/VmTokenManager.java
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm;
 
 import java.io.Reader;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.InternalApi;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Parser;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.TokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AbstractTokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.ast.VmParserTokenManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.vm.util.VelocityCharStream;
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @deprecated This is internal API, use {@link Parser#getTokenManager(String, Reader)} via
+ *             {@link LanguageVersionHandler#getParser(ParserOptions)}.
+ */
+@Deprecated
+@InternalApi
 public class VmTokenManager implements TokenManager {
 
     private final VmParserTokenManager vmParserTokenManager;