diff --git a/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql b/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql
index b73203ecbbc9..170fe396b95c 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-078/ExecTainted.ql
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * @kind path-problem
  * @problem.severity error
  * @precision high
- * @id java/command-line-injection
+ * @deprecated use java/command-line-injection instead. This query exists to test some experimental sinks.
+ * @id java/experimental/command-line-injection
  * @tags security
  *       external/cwe/cwe-078
  *       external/cwe/cwe-088