diff --git a/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException.stub.php b/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException.stub.php
index dc95a78b2..4372e933a 100644
--- a/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException.stub.php
+++ b/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException.stub.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace MongoDB\Driver\Exception;
 
+/** @deprecated use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\BulkWriteException instead */
 abstract class WriteException extends RuntimeException
 {
     /** @var \MongoDB\Driver\WriteResult */
diff --git a/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException_arginfo.h b/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException_arginfo.h
index 2692bac03..9c3e9f43d 100644
--- a/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException_arginfo.h
+++ b/src/MongoDB/Exception/WriteException_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 93ac52bdf35d69310a30f335be70489ba52edd51 */
+ * Stub hash: bf7229dbad041a8fe73af62d1961700783a933e3 */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_OBJ_INFO_EX(arginfo_class_MongoDB_Driver_Exception_WriteException_getWriteResult, 0, 0, MongoDB\\Driver\\WriteResult, 0)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static zend_class_entry *register_class_MongoDB_Driver_Exception_WriteException(
 
 	INIT_NS_CLASS_ENTRY(ce, "MongoDB\\Driver\\Exception", "WriteException", class_MongoDB_Driver_Exception_WriteException_methods);
 	class_entry = zend_register_internal_class_ex(&ce, class_entry_MongoDB_Driver_Exception_RuntimeException);
-	class_entry->ce_flags |= ZEND_ACC_ABSTRACT;
+	class_entry->ce_flags |= ZEND_ACC_ABSTRACT|ZEND_ACC_DEPRECATED;
 
 	zval property_writeResult_default_value;
 	ZVAL_NULL(&property_writeResult_default_value);