diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 1a87b2257d279..1c80fd6066edf 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -34533,8 +34533,8 @@ package android.os {
   }
 
   public final class FileUtils {
-    method public static void closeQuietly(@Nullable AutoCloseable);
-    method public static void closeQuietly(@Nullable java.io.FileDescriptor);
+    method @Deprecated public static void closeQuietly(@Nullable AutoCloseable);
+    method @Deprecated public static void closeQuietly(@Nullable java.io.FileDescriptor);
     method public static long copy(@NonNull java.io.InputStream, @NonNull java.io.OutputStream) throws java.io.IOException;
     method public static long copy(@NonNull java.io.InputStream, @NonNull java.io.OutputStream, @Nullable android.os.CancellationSignal, @Nullable java.util.concurrent.Executor, @Nullable android.os.FileUtils.ProgressListener) throws java.io.IOException;
     method public static long copy(@NonNull java.io.FileDescriptor, @NonNull java.io.FileDescriptor) throws java.io.IOException;
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/FileUtils.java b/core/java/android/os/FileUtils.java
index f789b723f7329..2ac3def3a3f96 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/FileUtils.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/FileUtils.java
@@ -1275,7 +1275,13 @@ public final class FileUtils {
     /**
      * Closes the given object quietly, ignoring any checked exceptions. Does
      * nothing if the given object is {@code null}.
+     *
+     * @deprecated This method may suppress potentially significant exceptions, particularly when
+     *   closing writable resources. With a writable resource, a failure thrown from {@code close()}
+     *   should be considered as significant as a failure thrown from a write method because it may
+     *   indicate a failure to flush bytes to the underlying resource.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void closeQuietly(@Nullable AutoCloseable closeable) {
         IoUtils.closeQuietly(closeable);
     }
@@ -1283,7 +1289,13 @@ public final class FileUtils {
     /**
      * Closes the given object quietly, ignoring any checked exceptions. Does
      * nothing if the given object is {@code null}.
+     *
+     * @deprecated This method may suppress potentially significant exceptions, particularly when
+     *   closing writable resources. With a writable resource, a failure thrown from {@code close()}
+     *   should be considered as significant as a failure thrown from a write method because it may
+     *   indicate a failure to flush bytes to the underlying resource.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void closeQuietly(@Nullable FileDescriptor fd) {
         IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
     }