diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
index c183733e573..a7e0ad507c1 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Rob Harrop
  * @since 1.1
- * @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader
  */
 public abstract class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java
index b97d1fa7329..4381cf7e61a 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionRegistry.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.AliasRegistry;
  * @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
  * @see org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
- * @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
  */
 public interface BeanDefinitionRegistry extends AliasRegistry {
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java
index db4ea48a25d..f1afba74fc5 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Rob Harrop
  * @since 26.11.2003
  * @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
- * @deprecated as of 5.3, in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats
- * and/or custom reader implementations
+ * @deprecated in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or
+ * custom BeanDefinitionReader implementations
  */
-@Deprecated
+@Deprecated(since = "5.3")
 public class PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java
index 249f0114713..1328c49726c 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext extends AbstractAppl
 	 * @param beanFactory the bean factory to load bean definitions into
 	 * @throws BeansException if parsing of the bean definitions failed
 	 * @throws IOException if loading of bean definition files failed
-	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
 	 */
 	protected abstract void loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java
index e529204716e..2d60ea29b00 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/GenericApplicationContext.java
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * GenericApplicationContext ctx = new GenericApplicationContext();
  * XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(ctx);
  * xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("applicationContext.xml"));
- * PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader propReader = new PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader(ctx);
- * propReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("otherBeans.properties"));
  * ctx.refresh();
  *
  * MyBean myBean = (MyBean) ctx.getBean("myBean");
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see #registerBeanDefinition
  * @see #refresh()
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
- * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
  */
 public class GenericApplicationContext extends AbstractApplicationContext implements BeanDefinitionRegistry {
 
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java
index 8ccbe581044..bcd1e80770e 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/support/JdbcBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @see #loadBeanDefinitions
- * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
- * @deprecated as of 5.3, in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats
- * and/or custom reader implementations
+ * @deprecated in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or
+ * custom BeanDefinitionReader implementations
  */
-@Deprecated
+@Deprecated(since = "5.3")
 public class JdbcBeanDefinitionReader {
 
 	private final org.springframework.beans.factory.support.PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader propReader;