diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/RuntimeInterruptedException.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/RuntimeInterruptedException.java
index 234ed8d1f5b2..50731431bdae 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/RuntimeInterruptedException.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/RuntimeInterruptedException.java
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.openapi.application;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated To remove in 2017.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class RuntimeInterruptedException extends RuntimeException {
   public RuntimeInterruptedException(InterruptedException cause) {
     super(cause);