diff --git a/Spigot-API-Patches/Add-player-view-distance-API.patch b/Spigot-API-Patches/Add-player-view-distance-API.patch
index bbaa40099f..b768d724e5 100644
--- a/Spigot-API-Patches/Add-player-view-distance-API.patch
+++ b/Spigot-API-Patches/Add-player-view-distance-API.patch
@@ -17,14 +17,22 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
 +     * Gets the view distance for this player
 +     *
 +     * @return the player's view distance
++     * @deprecated This is unimplemented and <i>will</i> throw an exception at runtime. The {@link org.bukkit.World World}-based methods still work.
++     * @see org.bukkit.World#getViewDistance()
++     * @see org.bukkit.World#getNoTickViewDistance()
 +     */
++    @Deprecated
 +    public int getViewDistance();
 +
 +    /**
 +     * Sets the view distance for this player
 +     *
 +     * @param viewDistance the player's view distance
++     * @deprecated This is unimplemented and <i>will</i> throw an exception at runtime. The {@link org.bukkit.World World}-based methods still work.
++     * @see org.bukkit.World#setViewDistance(int)
++     * @see org.bukkit.World#setNoTickViewDistance(int)
 +     */
++    @Deprecated
 +    public void setViewDistance(int viewDistance);
      // Paper end