diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index a467b387e5f..6479312d553 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Upgrade to 2.11
 
+## Deprecated `Synchronizer` package
+
+The `Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Synchronizer\SchemaSynchronizer` interface and all its implementations are deprecated.
+
 ## Deprecated usage of wrapper-level components as implementations of driver-level interfaces
 
 The usage of the wrapper `Connection` and `Statement` classes as implementations of the `Driver\Connection` and `Driver\Statement` interfaces is deprecated.
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/AbstractSchemaSynchronizer.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/AbstractSchemaSynchronizer.php
index 9b1974747e7..7cfd1f2c00f 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/AbstractSchemaSynchronizer.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/AbstractSchemaSynchronizer.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Abstract schema synchronizer with methods for executing batches of SQL.
+ *
+ * @deprecated
  */
 abstract class AbstractSchemaSynchronizer implements SchemaSynchronizer
 {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SchemaSynchronizer.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SchemaSynchronizer.php
index 3e7beea7508..a10d3b7f327 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SchemaSynchronizer.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SchemaSynchronizer.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 /**
  * The synchronizer knows how to synchronize a schema with the configured
  * database.
+ *
+ * @deprecated
  */
 interface SchemaSynchronizer
 {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SingleDatabaseSynchronizer.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SingleDatabaseSynchronizer.php
index 43c0fc6a544..62a58577780 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SingleDatabaseSynchronizer.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/Synchronizer/SingleDatabaseSynchronizer.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Schema Synchronizer for Default DBAL Connection.
+ *
+ * @deprecated
  */
 class SingleDatabaseSynchronizer extends AbstractSchemaSynchronizer
 {