diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/AdHocCommandManager.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/AdHocCommandManager.java
index 80f6a2a02..f86a78c3f 100755
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/AdHocCommandManager.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/commands/AdHocCommandManager.java
@@ -278,7 +278,11 @@ public final class AdHocCommandManager extends Manager {
      * @throws XMPPException if the operation failed for some reason.
      * @throws SmackException if there was no response from the server.
      * @throws InterruptedException 
+     * @deprecated This method uses no longer existent XEP-0030 features and will be removed.
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    @Deprecated
+    // TODO: Remove in Smack 4.4.
     public void publishCommands(Jid jid) throws XMPPException, SmackException, InterruptedException {
         // Collects the commands to publish as items
         DiscoverItems discoverItems = new DiscoverItems();
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/ServiceDiscoveryManager.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/ServiceDiscoveryManager.java
index c6a33013c..453fe462d 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/ServiceDiscoveryManager.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/disco/ServiceDiscoveryManager.java
@@ -592,7 +592,10 @@ public final class ServiceDiscoveryManager extends Manager {
      * @throws NoResponseException 
      * @throws NotConnectedException 
      * @throws InterruptedException 
+     * @deprecated The disco-publish feature was removed from XEP-0030 in 2008 in favor of XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe.
      */
+    @Deprecated
+    // TODO: Remove in Smack 4.4
     public boolean canPublishItems(Jid entityID) throws NoResponseException, XMPPErrorException, NotConnectedException, InterruptedException {
         DiscoverInfo info = discoverInfo(entityID);
         return canPublishItems(info);
@@ -606,7 +609,10 @@ public final class ServiceDiscoveryManager extends Manager {
       * 
       * @param info the discover info stanza(/packet) to check.
       * @return true if the server supports publishing of items.
+      * @deprecated The disco-publish feature was removed from XEP-0030 in 2008 in favor of XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe.
       */
+    @Deprecated
+     // TODO: Remove in Smack 4.4
      public static boolean canPublishItems(DiscoverInfo info) {
          return info.containsFeature("http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#publish");
      }
@@ -623,7 +629,10 @@ public final class ServiceDiscoveryManager extends Manager {
      * @throws NoResponseException 
      * @throws NotConnectedException 
      * @throws InterruptedException 
+     * @deprecated The disco-publish feature was removed from XEP-0030 in 2008 in favor of XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe.
      */
+    @Deprecated
+    // TODO: Remove in Smack 4.4
     public void publishItems(Jid entityID, DiscoverItems discoverItems) throws NoResponseException, XMPPErrorException, NotConnectedException, InterruptedException {
         publishItems(entityID, null, discoverItems);
     }
@@ -641,7 +650,10 @@ public final class ServiceDiscoveryManager extends Manager {
      * @throws NoResponseException if there was no response from the server.
      * @throws NotConnectedException 
      * @throws InterruptedException 
+     * @deprecated The disco-publish feature was removed from XEP-0030 in 2008 in favor of XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe.
      */
+    @Deprecated
+    // TODO: Remove in Smack 4.4
     public void publishItems(Jid entityID, String node, DiscoverItems discoverItems) throws NoResponseException, XMPPErrorException, NotConnectedException, InterruptedException
             {
         discoverItems.setType(IQ.Type.set);