diff --git a/semver/gtr.ts b/semver/gtr.ts
index cc6c2c9e7130..f4ec3f3ecadd 100644
--- a/semver/gtr.ts
+++ b/semver/gtr.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import type { Range, SemVer, SemVerRange } from "./types.ts";
 import { rangeMax } from "./range_max.ts";
 import { greaterThan } from "./greater_than.ts";
 
-/** Checks to see if the version is greater than all possible versions of the range. */
+/**
+ * Checks to see if the version is greater than all possible versions of the range.
+ * @deprecated (will be removed after 0.217.0) See
+ * {@link https://github.com/denoland/deno_std/issues/4273 | deno_std#4273}
+ * for details.
+ */
 export function gtr(
   version: SemVer,
   range: SemVerRange | Range,
diff --git a/semver/ltr.ts b/semver/ltr.ts
index 86543c65daed..b076c9ccfcf2 100644
--- a/semver/ltr.ts
+++ b/semver/ltr.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import type { Range, SemVer, SemVerRange } from "./types.ts";
 import { lessThan } from "./less_than.ts";
 import { rangeMin } from "./range_min.ts";
 
-/** Less than range comparison */
+/**
+ *  Less than range comparison
+ * @deprecated (will be removed after 0.217.0) See
+ * {@link https://github.com/denoland/deno_std/issues/4273 | deno_std#4273}
+ * for details.
+ */
 export function ltr(
   version: SemVer,
   range: SemVerRange | Range,