diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/DelegatingVariableResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/DelegatingVariableResolver.java
index 75ee530d965..cfc987dfdfc 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/DelegatingVariableResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/DelegatingVariableResolver.java
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
  * @since 1.1
  * @see WebApplicationContextVariableResolver
  * @see FacesContextUtils#getRequiredWebApplicationContext
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of the JSF 1.2 based
+ * {@link org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver}
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class DelegatingVariableResolver extends VariableResolver {
 
 	/** Logger available to subclasses */
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/SpringBeanVariableResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/SpringBeanVariableResolver.java
index fb174458c62..5292cfa5ccd 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/SpringBeanVariableResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/SpringBeanVariableResolver.java
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import javax.faces.el.VariableResolver;
  * @since 2.5
  * @see WebApplicationContextVariableResolver
  * @see FacesContextUtils#getRequiredWebApplicationContext
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of the JSF 1.2 based
+ * {@link org.springframework.web.jsf.el.SpringBeanFacesELResolver}
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class SpringBeanVariableResolver extends DelegatingVariableResolver {
 
 	public SpringBeanVariableResolver(VariableResolver originalVariableResolver) {
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/WebApplicationContextVariableResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/WebApplicationContextVariableResolver.java
index 3005e37df1a..f66c4a56ee2 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/WebApplicationContextVariableResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/jsf/WebApplicationContextVariableResolver.java
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
  * @since 1.2.5
  * @see DelegatingVariableResolver
  * @see FacesContextUtils#getWebApplicationContext
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of the JSF 1.2 based
+ * {@link org.springframework.web.jsf.el.WebApplicationContextFacesELResolver}
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class WebApplicationContextVariableResolver extends VariableResolver {
 
 	/**