diff --git a/java/compiler/openapi/src/com/intellij/compiler/ModuleCompilerUtil.java b/java/compiler/openapi/src/com/intellij/compiler/ModuleCompilerUtil.java
index ea5114410487..a4b5ecf5fefa 100644
--- a/java/compiler/openapi/src/com/intellij/compiler/ModuleCompilerUtil.java
+++ b/java/compiler/openapi/src/com/intellij/compiler/ModuleCompilerUtil.java
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ public final class ModuleCompilerUtil {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use {@link CircularModuleDependenciesDetector#addingDependencyFormsCircularity(Module, Module)} instead.
+   *             To be removed in IDEA 2018.2.
+   */
   public static Couple<Module> addingDependencyFormsCircularity(@NotNull Module currentModule, @NotNull Module toDependOn) {
     return CircularModuleDependenciesDetector.addingDependencyFormsCircularity(currentModule, toDependOn);
   }