diff --git a/include/crm/common/nodes.h b/include/crm/common/nodes.h
index 89edb75772..c69863ded4 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/nodes.h
+++ b/include/crm/common/nodes.h
@@ -1,36 +1,39 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_COMMON_NODES__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_NODES__H
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /*!
  * \file
  * \brief Scheduler API for nodes
  * \ingroup core
  */
 
 //! Possible node types
 enum node_type {
     pcmk_node_variant_cluster  = 1,     //!< Cluster layer node
 
-    node_ping   = 0,      //! \deprecated Do not use
+    node_ping   = 0,      //!< \deprecated Do not use
+#if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
+    //! \deprecated Use pcmk_node_variant_cluster instead
     node_member = pcmk_node_variant_cluster,
+#endif
     node_remote
 };
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif // PCMK__CRM_COMMON_NODES__H