diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/io/DirectoryScanner.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/io/DirectoryScanner.java
index 0ecb8650..3c613ab0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/io/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/io/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@
  * @author Magesh Umasankar
  * @author <a href="mailto:bruce@callenish.com">Bruce Atherton</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:levylambert@tiscali-dsl.de">Antoine Levy-Lambert</a>
- * @deprecated use {@code java.nio.file.DirectoryStream} and related classes
+ * @deprecated use {@code java.nio.file.DirectoryStream} or {@code java.nio.Files.walkFileTree()}
+ *             and related classes
  */
 @Deprecated
 public class DirectoryScanner {