diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelConfig.java
index 5cb5e5ccd2..658c22c56f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelConfig.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public interface ChannelConfig {
     void setConnectTimeoutMillis(int connectTimeoutMillis);
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} instead if necessary.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} instead.
      *
      * Returns the write timeout of the channel in milliseconds.  If a write
      * operation is not completed within the write timeout, an
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public interface ChannelConfig {
     int getWriteTimeoutMillis();
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Use {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} instead if necessary.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} instead.
      *
      * Sets the write timeout of the channel in milliseconds.  If a write
      * operation is not completed within the write timeout, an
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelConfig.java
index 343f14e8a4..59d6151761 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultChannelConfig.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBufferFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.HeapChannelBufferFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannelConfig;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.WriteTimeoutHandler;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link SocketChannelConfig} implementation.
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ public class DefaultChannelConfig implements ChannelConfig {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} instead.
+     */
     @Deprecated
     public int getWriteTimeoutMillis() {
         return 0;
@@ -102,6 +106,9 @@ public class DefaultChannelConfig implements ChannelConfig {
         // Unused
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link WriteTimeoutHandler} instead.
+     */
     @Deprecated
     public void setWriteTimeoutMillis(int writeTimeoutMillis) {
         // Unused