diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 2d51b97b937eb..33e4182dc0ed2 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -31080,7 +31080,7 @@ package android.telephony {
     method public java.lang.String getLine1Number();
     method public java.lang.String getMmsUAProfUrl();
     method public java.lang.String getMmsUserAgent();
-    method public java.util.List<android.telephony.NeighboringCellInfo> getNeighboringCellInfo();
+    method public deprecated java.util.List<android.telephony.NeighboringCellInfo> getNeighboringCellInfo();
     method public java.lang.String getNetworkCountryIso();
     method public java.lang.String getNetworkOperator();
     method public java.lang.String getNetworkOperatorName();
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 33c7a1b1213ad..d862566a32640 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -33336,7 +33336,7 @@ package android.telephony {
     method public java.lang.String getLine1Number();
     method public java.lang.String getMmsUAProfUrl();
     method public java.lang.String getMmsUserAgent();
-    method public java.util.List<android.telephony.NeighboringCellInfo> getNeighboringCellInfo();
+    method public deprecated java.util.List<android.telephony.NeighboringCellInfo> getNeighboringCellInfo();
     method public java.lang.String getNetworkCountryIso();
     method public java.lang.String getNetworkOperator();
     method public java.lang.String getNetworkOperatorName();
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
index a2bd74b6d162a..ab2a98d31e75f 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
@@ -891,16 +891,17 @@ public class TelephonyManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the neighboring cell information of the device. The getAllCellInfo is preferred
-     * and use this only if getAllCellInfo return nulls or an empty list.
-     *<p>
-     * In the future this call will be deprecated.
-     *<p>
+     * Returns the neighboring cell information of the device.
+     *
      * @return List of NeighboringCellInfo or null if info unavailable.
      *
      * <p>Requires Permission:
      * (@link android.Manifest.permission#ACCESS_COARSE_UPDATES}
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use (@link getAllCellInfo} which returns a superset of the information
+     *             from NeighboringCellInfo.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public List<NeighboringCellInfo> getNeighboringCellInfo() {
         try {
             ITelephony telephony = getITelephony();