diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthRequestDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthRequestDecoder.java
index 62e40859fc..c5f1da667d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthRequestDecoder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 public class SocksAuthRequestDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<SocksAuthRequestDecoder.State> {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_AUTH_REQUEST_DECODER";
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthResponseDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthResponseDecoder.java
index 86a82da32e..6363b6fa44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthResponseDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksAuthResponseDecoder.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.replay.ReplayingDecoder;
 public class SocksAuthResponseDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<SocksAuthResponseDecoder.State> {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_AUTH_RESPONSE_DECODER";
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdRequestDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdRequestDecoder.java
index 612e0b069a..0d91b94cdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdRequestDecoder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 public class SocksCmdRequestDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<SocksCmdRequestDecoder.State> {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_CMD_REQUEST_DECODER";
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdResponseDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdResponseDecoder.java
index c11f0b25e0..992bb8a49b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdResponseDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksCmdResponseDecoder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 public class SocksCmdResponseDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<SocksCmdResponseDecoder.State> {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_CMD_RESPONSE_DECODER";
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitRequestDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitRequestDecoder.java
index 4ac76f1049..43a615a56f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitRequestDecoder.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class SocksInitRequestDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<SocksInitRequestDecoder.State> {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_INIT_REQUEST_DECODER";
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitResponseDecoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitResponseDecoder.java
index 41f7ebefe2..56c29f71c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitResponseDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksInitResponseDecoder.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.replay.ReplayingDecoder;
 public class SocksInitResponseDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<SocksInitResponseDecoder.State> {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_INIT_RESPONSE_DECODER";
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksMessageEncoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksMessageEncoder.java
index 9df2bc58cc..1e32b4f141 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksMessageEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/socks/SocksMessageEncoder.java
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ public class SocksMessageEncoder extends OneToOneEncoder {
     private static final String name = "SOCKS_MESSAGE_ENCODER";
     private static final int DEFAULT_ENCODER_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Will be removed at the next minor version bump.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static String getName() {
         return name;
     }