diff --git a/lib/private/server.php b/lib/private/server.php
index f6fa5387e4903b494c20ac594f883cce5bd5e530..a1e99274c7fb009f422764a9b34f91fbf76842b5 100644
--- a/lib/private/server.php
+++ b/lib/private/server.php
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns an instance of the db facade
-	 *
+	 * @deprecated use getDatabaseConnection, will be removed in ownCloud 10
 	 * @return \OCP\IDb
 	 */
 	function getDb() {
diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index f2806529a4c5f61eac88af37b4e4eccf124c7609..1dbabb3452a3e3981d3b751184e3684a5375f452 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns an instance of the db facade
+	 * @deprecated use getDatabaseConnection, will be removed in ownCloud 10
 	 * @return \OCP\IDb
 	 */
 	function getDb();
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	 * @return \OCP\ICertificateManager
 	 */
 	function getCertificateManager($user = null);
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new event source
 	 *