diff --git a/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/resources/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/simple-service-aws.cfn.json b/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/resources/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/simple-service-aws.cfn.json
index 2c61b7979ed..e0d8e2ffe83 100644
--- a/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/resources/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/simple-service-aws.cfn.json
+++ b/smithy-aws-cloudformation/src/test/resources/software/amazon/smithy/aws/cloudformation/schema/fromsmithy/simple-service-aws.cfn.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
   },
   "properties": {
     "FooDeprecatedMutableProperty": {
-      "type": "string"
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "This shape is deprecated: Use the `fooValidFullyMutableProperty` property."
     },
     "FooId": {
       "type": "string"
diff --git a/smithy-jsonschema/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/jsonschema/JsonSchemaShapeVisitor.java b/smithy-jsonschema/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/jsonschema/JsonSchemaShapeVisitor.java
index 46550dfff93..e20a4ae13d7 100644
--- a/smithy-jsonschema/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/jsonschema/JsonSchemaShapeVisitor.java
+++ b/smithy-jsonschema/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/jsonschema/JsonSchemaShapeVisitor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.Model;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.TimestampShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.UnionShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.DefaultTrait;
+import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.DeprecatedTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.DocumentationTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.EnumTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.LengthTrait;
@@ -274,9 +276,7 @@ private Schema.Builder createBuilder(Shape shape, String defaultType) {
      * @return Returns the updated schema builder.
      */
     private Schema.Builder updateBuilder(Shape shape, Schema.Builder builder) {
-        shape.getMemberTrait(model, DocumentationTrait.class)
-                .map(DocumentationTrait::getValue)
-                .ifPresent(builder::description);
+        descriptionMessage(shape).ifPresent(builder::description);
 
         shape.getTrait(TitleTrait.class)
                 .map(TitleTrait::getValue)
@@ -332,6 +332,24 @@ private Schema.Builder updateBuilder(Shape shape, Schema.Builder builder) {
         return builder;
     }
 
+    private Optional<String> descriptionMessage(Shape shape) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        shape
+            .getTrait(DocumentationTrait.class)
+            .ifPresent(trait ->
+                builder.append(trait.getValue())
+            );
+        shape
+            .getTrait(DeprecatedTrait.class)
+            .ifPresent(trait ->
+                builder
+                    .append("\n")
+                    .append(trait.getDeprecatedDescription(shape.getType()))
+            );
+        String description = builder.toString().trim();
+        return description.isEmpty() ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(description);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds a schema builder and applied schema mappers.
      *
diff --git a/smithy-model/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTrait.java b/smithy-model/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTrait.java
index d5b0b6ffab3..d960b5d196f 100644
--- a/smithy-model/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTrait.java
+++ b/smithy-model/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTrait.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.node.Node;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.node.ObjectNode;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ShapeId;
+import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ShapeType;
 import software.amazon.smithy.utils.MapUtils;
 import software.amazon.smithy.utils.ToSmithyBuilder;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,20 @@ public Optional<String> getMessage() {
         return Optional.ofNullable(message);
     }
 
+    public String getDeprecatedDescription(ShapeType shapeType) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("This ");
+        builder.append(shapeType == ShapeType.OPERATION ? "operation" : "shape").append(" is deprecated");
+        if (since != null) {
+            builder.append(" since ").append(since);
+        }
+        if (message != null) {
+            builder.append(": ").append(message);
+        } else {
+            builder.append(".");
+        }
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Node createNode() {
         return new ObjectNode(MapUtils.of(), getSourceLocation())
diff --git a/smithy-model/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTraitTest.java b/smithy-model/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTraitTest.java
index bcb4c8979f4..242d310ceab 100644
--- a/smithy-model/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTraitTest.java
+++ b/smithy-model/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/model/traits/DeprecatedTraitTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.SourceException;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.node.Node;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ShapeId;
+import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ShapeType;
 
 public class DeprecatedTraitTest {
     @Test
@@ -48,4 +49,29 @@ public void validatesInput() {
             provider.createTrait(ShapeId.from("smithy.api#deprecated"), ShapeId.from("ns.qux#foo"), Node.from("abc"));
         });
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void returnDefaultDescription() {
+        DeprecatedTrait deprecatedTrait = DeprecatedTrait.builder().build();
+        assertThat(deprecatedTrait.getDeprecatedDescription(ShapeType.OPERATION), equalTo("This operation is deprecated."));
+        assertThat(deprecatedTrait.getDeprecatedDescription(ShapeType.STRING), equalTo("This shape is deprecated."));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void returnDescriptionWhenMessageSet() {
+        DeprecatedTrait deprecatedTrait = DeprecatedTrait.builder().message("Use X shape instead.").build();
+        assertThat(deprecatedTrait.getDeprecatedDescription(ShapeType.STRING), equalTo("This shape is deprecated: Use X shape instead."));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void returnDescriptionWhenSinceSet() {
+        DeprecatedTrait deprecatedTrait = DeprecatedTrait.builder().since("2020-01-01").build();
+        assertThat(deprecatedTrait.getDeprecatedDescription(ShapeType.STRING), equalTo("This shape is deprecated since 2020-01-01."));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void returnDescriptionWhenBothSinceAndMessageSet() {
+        DeprecatedTrait deprecatedTrait = DeprecatedTrait.builder().since("2020-01-01").message("Use X shape instead.").build();
+        assertThat(deprecatedTrait.getDeprecatedDescription(ShapeType.STRING), equalTo("This shape is deprecated since 2020-01-01: Use X shape instead."));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/smithy-openapi/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/openapi/fromsmithy/OpenApiJsonSchemaMapperTest.java b/smithy-openapi/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/openapi/fromsmithy/OpenApiJsonSchemaMapperTest.java
index eb87b08b69d..6a1318e4be3 100644
--- a/smithy-openapi/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/openapi/fromsmithy/OpenApiJsonSchemaMapperTest.java
+++ b/smithy-openapi/src/test/java/software/amazon/smithy/openapi/fromsmithy/OpenApiJsonSchemaMapperTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.StringShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.StructureShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.DeprecatedTrait;
+import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.DocumentationTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.DynamicTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.ExternalDocumentationTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.SensitiveTrait;
@@ -131,6 +132,26 @@ public void supportsDeprecatedTrait() {
         assertThat(document.getRootSchema().getExtension("deprecated").get(), equalTo(Node.from(true)));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void appendsDeprecatedInfoInDescription() {
+        String message = "Use a.b#D instead.";
+        String since = "2020-01-01";
+        IntegerShape shape = IntegerShape.builder()
+                .id("a.b#C")
+                .addTrait(DeprecatedTrait.builder().message(message).since(since).build())
+                .addTrait(new DocumentationTrait("This is an integer."))
+                .build();
+        Model model = Model.builder().addShape(shape).build();
+        SchemaDocument document = JsonSchemaConverter.builder()
+                .addMapper(new OpenApiJsonSchemaMapper())
+                .model(model)
+                .build()
+                .convertShape(shape);
+
+        String expected = "This is an integer.\nThis shape is deprecated since 2020-01-01: Use a.b#D instead.";
+        assertThat(document.getRootSchema().getDescription().get(), equalTo(expected));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void supportsInt32() {
         IntegerShape shape = IntegerShape.builder().id("a.b#C").build();