diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen.java
index e0171838099..5ee8fc862df 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen.java
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 
 import static io.swagger.codegen.languages.helpers.ExtensionHelper.getBooleanValue;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen extends AbstractJavaCodegen implements BeanValidationFeatures {
     /**
      * Name of the sub-directory in "src/main/resource" where to find the
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaCXFServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaCXFServerCodegen.java
index cf4561b1be2..be66a8bbbf6 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaCXFServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaCXFServerCodegen.java
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 import io.swagger.codegen.languages.features.LoggingTestFeatures;
 import io.swagger.codegen.languages.features.UseGenericResponseFeatures;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.JavaCXFServerCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class JavaCXFServerCodegen extends AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen
         implements CXFServerFeatures, GzipTestFeatures, LoggingTestFeatures, UseGenericResponseFeatures
 {
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSCXFCDIServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSCXFCDIServerCodegen.java
index d3895532f76..8fed20c26b3 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSCXFCDIServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSCXFCDIServerCodegen.java
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  * Similar to the original JAXRS generator, this creates API and Service classes
  * in /src/gen/java and a sample ServiceImpl in /src/main/java. The API uses CDI
  * to get an instance of ServiceImpl that implements the Service interface.
+ * 
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.JavaJAXRSCXFCDIServerCodegen</code> instead.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class JavaJAXRSCXFCDIServerCodegen extends JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen implements BeanValidationFeatures {
     
     protected boolean useBeanValidation = true;
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen.java
index b7a77442e6c..c5e246f5cd7 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen.java
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 import io.swagger.codegen.SupportingFile;
 import io.swagger.v3.core.util.Json;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class JavaJAXRSSpecServerCodegen extends AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen
 {
 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJerseyServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJerseyServerCodegen.java
index a0105a20661..5ad8b150617 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJerseyServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaJerseyServerCodegen.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 import static io.swagger.codegen.CodegenConstants.IS_ENUM_EXT_NAME;
 import static io.swagger.codegen.languages.helpers.ExtensionHelper.getBooleanValue;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.JavaJerseyServerCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class JavaJerseyServerCodegen extends AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen {
 
     protected static final String LIBRARY_JERSEY1 = "jersey1";
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyEapServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyEapServerCodegen.java
index cc196338efa..8cd3149cae5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyEapServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyEapServerCodegen.java
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 import static io.swagger.codegen.CodegenConstants.IS_ENUM_EXT_NAME;
 import static io.swagger.codegen.languages.helpers.ExtensionHelper.getBooleanValue;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.JavaResteasyEapServerCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class JavaResteasyEapServerCodegen extends AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen
         implements JbossFeature, BeanValidationFeatures, SwaggerFeatures {
 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyServerCodegen.java
index 0cc5de12011..05572a3e000 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JavaResteasyServerCodegen.java
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 import static io.swagger.codegen.CodegenConstants.IS_ENUM_EXT_NAME;
 import static io.swagger.codegen.languages.helpers.ExtensionHelper.getBooleanValue;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.java.JavaResteasyServerCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class JavaResteasyServerCodegen extends AbstractJavaJAXRSServerCodegen implements JbossFeature {
 
     protected boolean generateJbossDeploymentDescriptor = true;