diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/recording/RecorderContext.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/recording/RecorderContext.java
index cb58ed19be11a..383836d403203 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/recording/RecorderContext.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/recording/RecorderContext.java
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ <F, T> void registerSubstitution(Class<F> from, Class<T> to,
      * Creates a Class instance that can be passed to a recording proxy as a substitute for a class that is not loadable
      * at processing time. At runtime the actual class will be passed into the invoked method.
      *
-     * @param name The class name
+     * @param name The fully-qualified class name
      * @return A Class instance that can be passed to a recording proxy
-     * @deprecated This construct is no longer needed since directly loading deployment/application classes at
-     *             processing time in build steps is now safe
+     * @deprecated This construct should not be needed in most use cases since directly loading deployment/application classes
+     *             at processing time in build steps is safe. However, there are use cases where this method comes in handy,
+     *             such as referring to classes that were generated in previous build steps using
+     *             {@link io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.GeneratedClassBuildItem}.
      */
-    @Deprecated
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
     Class<?> classProxy(String name);
 
     /**
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-extensions.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-extensions.adoc
index 90d2515ccac8b..fd239bd8c15ad 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-extensions.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-extensions.adoc
@@ -1544,9 +1544,11 @@ this includes the ability to register creation functions for classes without no-
 substitution (basically a transformer from a non-serializable object to a serializable one and vice versa), and to create
 a class proxy. This interface can be directly injected as a method parameter into any `@Record` method.
 
-Calling `classProxy` with a given class name will create a `Class` that can be passed into recorder
-methods, and at runtime will be substituted with the class whose name was passed in to `classProxy`. This is basically a
-convenience to avoid the need to explicitly load classes in the recorders.
+Calling `classProxy` with a given fully-qualified class name will create a `Class` instance that can be passed into a recorder
+method, and at runtime will be substituted with the class whose name was passed in to `classProxy()`.
+However, this method should not be needed in most use cases because directly loading deployment/application classes at processing time in build steps is safe.
+Therefore, this method is deprecated.
+Nonetheless, there are some use cases where this method comes in handy, such as referring to classes that were generated in previous build steps using `GeneratedClassBuildItem`.
 
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