diff --git a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h
index a684bdc7e0630d86a0216169da3d9947b3217128..30724c40f91a67afdcd8781be216a4a44037c0a1 100644
--- a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h
+++ b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h
@@ -938,9 +938,8 @@ void DynamicCurveBalance< PhantomData_T >::finalAssignment( const uint_t index,
       processesToRecvFrom.insert( uint_c(*s) ) ;
 }
 
-///This class is deprecated use DynamicCurveBalance instead.
 template< typename PhantomData_T >
-using DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance [[deprecated]] = DynamicCurveBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
+using DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance [[deprecated("Use DynamicCurveBalance with the corresponding argument!")]] = DynamicCurveBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
 
 } // namespace blockforest
 } // namespace walberla
diff --git a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h
index 607029633aa55fd1f8c107d085a6b4b942460fec..920e3c309dc7e97eb54f1323a2cdda8ff4d34455 100644
--- a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h
+++ b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h
@@ -1008,9 +1008,8 @@ bool DynamicDiffusionBalance< PhantomData_T >::operator()( std::vector< std::pai
    return ( iteration + uint_t(1) ) < maxIterations_;
 }
 
-///This class is deprecated use DynamicDiffusionBalance instead.
 template< typename PhantomData_T >
-using DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance [[deprecated]] = DynamicDiffusionBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
+using DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance [[deprecated("Use DynamicDiffusionBalance with the corresponding argument!")]] = DynamicDiffusionBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
 
 } // namespace blockforest
 } // namespace walberla