diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzer.kt b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzer.kt
index b831a5b39dccb1e9c8117f4f7ac00ed08ae60f0c..13f02a9382344b571bea27785be99c818f7265e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzer.kt
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class DocAnalyzer(
         if (level > 1) {
             // TODO: *pre*pend instead!
             val description =
-                "<p class=\"caution\"><strong>This class was deprecated in API level 21.</strong></p>"
+                "<p class=\"caution\"><strong>This class was deprecated in API level $level.</strong></p>"
             item.appendDocumentation(description, "@deprecated", append = false)
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzerTest.kt b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzerTest.kt
index 205e133d87271d08bc70aab0eb901a3bba660183..99d76a338ad2a98b5740251f05d73cc5c30e9dd3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzerTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/metalava/DocAnalyzerTest.kt
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ class DocAnalyzerTest : DriverTest() {
                             <method name="&lt;init>()V"/>
                             <method name="addCallbackBuffer([B)V" since="8"/>
                             <method name="getLogo()Landroid/graphics/drawable/Drawable;"/>
-                            <field name="ACTION_NEW_VIDEO" since="14" deprecated="25"/>
+                            <field name="ACTION_NEW_VIDEO" since="14" deprecated="19"/>
                         </class>
                     </api>
                     """,
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ class DocAnalyzerTest : DriverTest() {
                 public Camera() { throw new RuntimeException("Stub!"); }
                 /**
                  * @deprecated
-                 * <p class="caution"><strong>This class was deprecated in API level 21.</strong></p>
+                 * <p class="caution"><strong>This class was deprecated in API level 19.</strong></p>
                  *  Use something else.
                  * @since 14
                  */