diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 11bb030ff38..b0aa380e1ab 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -513,7 +513,12 @@ public class UIImplementation {
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueFindTargetForTouch(reactTag, targetX, targetY, callback);
   }
 
-  /** Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node */
+  /**
+   * Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node
+   *
+   * @deprecated This method will not be implemented in Fabric.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public void viewIsDescendantOf(
       final int reactTag, final int ancestorReactTag, final Callback callback) {
     ReactShadowNode node = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(reactTag);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index f91d281c42b..3bb4aeb083d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -629,8 +629,13 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule
         callback);
   }
 
-  /** Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node */
+  /**
+   * Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node
+   *
+   * @deprecated This method will not be part of Fabric.
+   */
   @ReactMethod
+  @Deprecated
   public void viewIsDescendantOf(
       final int reactTag, final int ancestorReactTag, final Callback callback) {
     mUIImplementation.viewIsDescendantOf(reactTag, ancestorReactTag, callback);