diff --git a/includes/content/ContentHandler.php b/includes/content/ContentHandler.php
index e628aef35aa..79bbba8b0f3 100644
--- a/includes/content/ContentHandler.php
+++ b/includes/content/ContentHandler.php
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ abstract class ContentHandler {
 	 * @return ParserOptions
 	 */
 	public function makeParserOptions( $context ) {
+		wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.32' );
 		return ParserOptions::newCanonical( $context );
 	}