diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiBinaryExpression.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiBinaryExpression.java
index 242c47d4223c..af37b8958389 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiBinaryExpression.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiBinaryExpression.java
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 
 /**
  * Represents a Java binary expression (addition, multiplication and so on).
- * @deprecated Use {@link PsiPolyadicExpression} instead.
+ * N.B Please use {@link PsiPolyadicExpression} instead as a more general form of an infix operator-expression.
  */
-@Deprecated
 public interface PsiBinaryExpression extends PsiExpression, PsiPolyadicExpression {
   /**
    * Returns the left operand of the expression.