diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrRequest.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrRequest.java
index 51e92dbbaa84..4264ae3579f0 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrRequest.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/SolrRequest.java
@@ -77,15 +77,22 @@ public enum METHOD {
 
   /**If set to true, every request that implements {@link V2RequestSupport} will be converted
    * to a V2 API call
+   *
+   * @deprecated
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes"})
   public SolrRequest setUseV2(boolean flag){
     this.usev2 = flag;
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**If set to true use javabin instead of json (default)
+  /**
+   * If set to true use javabin instead of json (default)
+   *
+   * @deprecated
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes"})
   public SolrRequest setUseBinaryV2(boolean flag){
     this.useBinaryV2 = flag;
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/V2RequestSupport.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/V2RequestSupport.java
index 6e75749948fa..9bd341ca5819 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/V2RequestSupport.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/V2RequestSupport.java
@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@
 /**A a request object is able to convert itself to V2 Request
  * it should implement this interface
  *
+ * @deprecated
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface V2RequestSupport {
-  /**If usev2 flag is set to true, return V2Request, if not,
+  /**
+   * If usev2 flag is set to true, return V2Request, if not,
    * return V1 request object
    *
+   * @deprecated
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes"})
   SolrRequest getV2Request();
 }
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java
index 3ffebc3497d2..785737c5f0df 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public CollectionAdminRequest(String path, CollectionAction action) {
     super(METHOD.GET, path);
     this.action = checkNotNull(CoreAdminParams.ACTION, action);
   }
-
+  
   @Override
   @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes"})
   public SolrRequest getV2Request() {