diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/BeanReferenceFactoryBean.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/BeanReferenceFactoryBean.java
index d58fa56f8a..1a382a6324 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/BeanReferenceFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/BeanReferenceFactoryBean.java
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.SmartFactoryBean;
  * @since 1.2
  * @see #setTargetBeanName
  * @see PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of using regular bean name aliases
+ * (which support placeholder parsing since Spring 2.5)
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class BeanReferenceFactoryBean implements SmartFactoryBean, BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	private String targetBeanName;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/CommonsLogFactoryBean.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/CommonsLogFactoryBean.java
index 77121a6b63..70b2e00508 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/CommonsLogFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/CommonsLogFactoryBean.java
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 16.11.2003
  * @see org.apache.commons.logging.Log
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of a bean definition that points
+ * to the bean class "org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory" and the factory
+ * method "getLog", passing in the log name as constructor argument
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class CommonsLogFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Log>, InitializingBean {
 
 	private Log log;