diff --git a/src/process/status.cr b/src/process/status.cr
index bb77ce2ef640..46d1ed342ee8 100644
--- a/src/process/status.cr
+++ b/src/process/status.cr
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ end
 class Process::Status
   # Platform-specific exit status code, which usually contains either the exit code or a termination signal.
   # The other `Process::Status` methods extract the values from `exit_status`.
+  @[Deprecated("Use `Process::Status#exit_code`")]
   def exit_status : Int32
     @exit_status.to_i32!
   end
@@ -205,13 +206,6 @@ class Process::Status
     {% end %}
   end
 
-  # Platform-specific exit status code, which usually contains either the exit code or a termination signal.
-  # The other `Process::Status` methods extract the values from `exit_status`.
-  @[Deprecated("Use `Process::Status#exit_code`")]
-  def exit_status
-    @exit_status
-  end
-
   # If `normal_exit?` is `true`, returns the exit code of the process.
   def exit_code : Int32
     {% if flag?(:unix) %}