diff --git a/runtime/marko-runtime.js b/runtime/marko-runtime.js
index d223222da..1e1204855 100644
--- a/runtime/marko-runtime.js
+++ b/runtime/marko-runtime.js
@@ -240,10 +240,16 @@ function load(templatePath, options) {
 
 exports.load = load;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use load(templatePath) instead
+ */
 exports.render = function (templatePath, data, out) {
     return load(templatePath).render(data, out);
 };
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use load(templatePath) instead
+ */
 exports.stream = function(templatePath, data) {
     return load(templatePath).stream(data);
 };