diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cb6f2f8d..d8db48032 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1719,6 +1719,7 @@
                   <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.class</exclude>
                   <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalMethodCheck.class</exclude>
                   <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractNestedDepthCheck.class</exclude>
+                  <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck.class</exclude>
                 </excludes>
               </instrumentation>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck.java
index 6401de950..e0dbd7dda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck.java
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  * </p>
  *
  * <p>This class extends {@link AbstractNameCheck}</p>
- *
+ * @deprecated Checkstyle will not support abstract checks anymore. Use
+ *             {@link AbstractNameCheck} instead.
  * @author Travis Schneeberger
+ * @noinspection AbstractClassNeverImplemented
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck
     extends AbstractNameCheck {