diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 6ed8c89c6d998..6bcf19fc28d83 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -11297,7 +11297,7 @@ package android.graphics {
     field public int inScreenDensity;
     field public int inTargetDensity;
     field public byte[] inTempStorage;
-    field public boolean mCancel;
+    field public deprecated boolean mCancel;
     field public int outHeight;
     field public java.lang.String outMimeType;
     field public int outWidth;
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 31d9d74843fa7..9a302c5260e9a 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -11651,7 +11651,7 @@ package android.graphics {
     field public int inScreenDensity;
     field public int inTargetDensity;
     field public byte[] inTempStorage;
-    field public boolean mCancel;
+    field public deprecated boolean mCancel;
     field public int outHeight;
     field public java.lang.String outMimeType;
     field public int outWidth;
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 766e62c6eaa52..4777ba86ccff7 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -11305,7 +11305,7 @@ package android.graphics {
     field public int inScreenDensity;
     field public int inTargetDensity;
     field public byte[] inTempStorage;
-    field public boolean mCancel;
+    field public deprecated boolean mCancel;
     field public int outHeight;
     field public java.lang.String outMimeType;
     field public int outWidth;
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.java
index 175c726072ccf..447a4c4e8345c 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.java
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ public class BitmapFactory {
         public byte[] inTempStorage;
 
         /**
+         * @deprecated As of {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#N}, see
+         * comments on {@link #requestCancelDecode()}.
+         *
          * Flag to indicate that cancel has been called on this object.  This
          * is useful if there's an intermediary that wants to first decode the
          * bounds and then decode the image.  In that case the intermediary