diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/uri.tex b/docs/latex/wx/uri.tex
index 95109a8b64..6b06deb7f0 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/uri.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/uri.tex
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Builds the URI from its individual components, adds proper seperators, and
 returns escape sequences to normal characters.
 
 Note that it is preferred to call this over Unescape(BuildURI()) since
-BuildUnescapedURI performs some optimizations over the plain method.
+\helpref{BuildUnescapedURI}{wxuribuildunescapeduri} performs some optimizations over the plain method.
 
 
 \membersection{wxURI::Create}\label{wxuricreate}
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ to 2396}
 Translates all escape sequences (% hex hex) of \arg{uri} into
 normal characters and returns the result.
 
-This is the preferred over wxURL::ConvertFromURI.
+This is the preferred over deprecated wxURL::ConvertFromURI.
 
-If you want to unescape an entire wxURI, use BuildUnescapedURI instead,
+If you want to unescape an entire wxURI, use \helpref{BuildUnescapedURI}{wxuribuildunescapeduri} instead,
 as it performs some optimizations over this method.
 
 \docparam{uri}{string with escaped characters to convert}
diff --git a/include/wx/url.h b/include/wx/url.h
index 89e3e34e74..ea48335c54 100644
--- a/include/wx/url.h
+++ b/include/wx/url.h
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ public:
     wxString GetPath() const         { return m_path; }
 
     //Use wxURI instead - this does not work that well
-    static wxString ConvertToValidURI(
+    wxDEPRECATED( static wxString ConvertToValidURI(
                         const wxString& uri,
                         const wxChar* delims = wxT(";/?:@&=+$,")
-                    );
+                  ) );
 
     //Use wxURI::Unescape instead
-    static wxString ConvertFromURI(const wxString& uri);
+    wxDEPRECATED( static wxString ConvertFromURI(const wxString& uri) );
 #endif
 
 protected: