diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/package.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/package.scala
index 3f97a11ceb97..4e94fd07a877 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/package.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/package.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ package object sql {
 
   /**
    * Type alias for [[DataFrame]]. Kept here for backward source compatibility for Scala.
+   * @deprecated As of 1.3.0, replaced by `DataFrame`.
    */
   @deprecated("1.3.0", "use DataFrame")
   type SchemaRDD = DataFrame