diff --git a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
index 5d302707c35..16b4ee57bc0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestCase.php
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ protected function _arrayPermute($items, $perms = array()) {
  * @param mixed $result
  * @param mixed $expected
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertEqual($result, $expected, $message = '') {
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ protected static function assertEqual($result, $expected, $message = '') {
  * @param mixed $result
  * @param mixed $expected
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertNotEqual($result, $expected, $message = '') {
@@ -555,6 +557,7 @@ protected static function assertNotEqual($result, $expected, $message = '') {
  * @param mixed $pattern a regular expression
  * @param string $string the text to be matched
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertPattern($pattern, $string, $message = '') {
@@ -567,6 +570,7 @@ protected static function assertPattern($pattern, $string, $message = '') {
  * @param mixed $actual
  * @param mixed $expected
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertIdentical($actual, $expected, $message = '') {
@@ -579,6 +583,7 @@ protected static function assertIdentical($actual, $expected, $message = '') {
  * @param mixed $actual
  * @param mixed $expected
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertNotIdentical($actual, $expected, $message = '') {
@@ -591,6 +596,7 @@ protected static function assertNotIdentical($actual, $expected, $message = '')
  * @param mixed $pattern a regular expression
  * @param string $string the text to be matched
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertNoPattern($pattern, $string, $message = '') {
@@ -599,6 +605,9 @@ protected static function assertNoPattern($pattern, $string, $message = '') {
 
 /**
  * assert no errors
+ *
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
+ * @return void
  */
 	protected function assertNoErrors() {
 	}
@@ -608,6 +617,7 @@ protected function assertNoErrors() {
  *
  * @param mixed $expected the name of the Exception or error
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected function expectError($expected = false, $message = '') {
@@ -622,6 +632,7 @@ protected function expectError($expected = false, $message = '') {
  *
  * @param mixed $expected the name of the Exception
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected function expectException($name = 'Exception', $message = '') {
@@ -634,6 +645,7 @@ protected function expectException($name = 'Exception', $message = '') {
  * @param mixed $first
  * @param mixed $second
  * @param string $message the text to display if the assertion is not correct
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertReference(&$first, &$second, $message = '') {
@@ -646,6 +658,7 @@ protected static function assertReference(&$first, &$second, $message = '') {
  * @param string $object
  * @param string $type
  * @param string $message
+ * @deprecated This is a compatiblity wrapper for 1.x. It will be removed in 3.0
  * @return void
  */
 	protected static function assertIsA($object, $type, $message = '') {