diff --git a/papyri/directives.py b/papyri/directives.py
index 63e8b192..32f225e5 100644
--- a/papyri/directives.py
+++ b/papyri/directives.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def block_math_handler(argument, options, content):
     return [MMath(content)]
 
 
+#  A number of directives that so far are just small wrappers around admonitions.
+
 def admonition_helper(name, argument, options, content):
     """
     This is a helper to return admonition.
@@ -63,3 +65,7 @@ def versionadded_handler(argument, options, content):
 
 def versionchanged_handler(argument, options, content):
     return admonition_helper("versionchanged", argument, options, content)
+
+
+def deprecated_handler(argument, options, content):
+    return admonition_helper("deprecated", argument, options, content)
diff --git a/papyri/tree.py b/papyri/tree.py
index 37d58bc9..32443c5d 100644
--- a/papyri/tree.py
+++ b/papyri/tree.py
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 from .utils import full_qual, FullQual, Cannonical, obj_from_qualname
 from textwrap import indent
 from .directives import (
-    admonition_helper,
     block_math_handler,
     note_handler,
     version_added_handler,
     version_changed_handler,
+    deprecated_handler,
     warning_handler,
 )
 
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ def __init__(
             "note": note_handler,
             "versionadded": version_added_handler,
             "versionchanged": version_changed_handler,
+            "deprecated": deprecated_handler,
         }
 
         for k, v in config.items():
@@ -587,9 +588,6 @@ def _code_handler(self, argument, options, content):
         return [MCode(content)]
 
 
-    def _deprecated_handler(self, argument, options, content):
-        return admonition_helper("deprecated", argument, options, content)
-
     def _toctree_handler(self, argument, options, content):
         assert not argument
         toc = []