diff --git a/Web/Scotty.hs b/Web/Scotty.hs
index 7c6b81b3..c5c6829f 100644
--- a/Web/Scotty.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty.hs
@@ -116,12 +116,14 @@ setMaxRequestBodySize = Trans.setMaxRequestBodySize
 -- Uncaught exceptions turn into HTTP 500 responses.
 raise :: Text -> ActionM a
 raise = Trans.raise
+{-# DEPRECATED raise "Throw an exception instead" #-}
 
 -- | Throw a 'StatusError' exception that has an associated HTTP error code and can be caught with 'catch'.
 --
 -- Uncaught exceptions turn into HTTP responses corresponding to the given status.
 raiseStatus :: Status -> Text -> ActionM a
 raiseStatus = Trans.raiseStatus
+{-# DEPRECATED raiseStatus "Use status, text, and finish instead" #-}
 
 -- | Throw an exception which can be caught within the scope of the current Action with 'catch'.
 --
diff --git a/Web/Scotty/Action.hs b/Web/Scotty/Action.hs
index 3d576b03..54a12a3d 100644
--- a/Web/Scotty/Action.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty/Action.hs
@@ -180,12 +180,14 @@ raise :: (MonadIO m) =>
          T.Text -- ^ Error text
       -> ActionT m a
 raise  = raiseStatus status500
+{-# DEPRECATED raise "Throw an exception instead" #-}
 
 -- | Throw a 'StatusError' exception that has an associated HTTP error code and can be caught with 'catch'.
 --
 -- Uncaught exceptions turn into HTTP responses corresponding to the given status.
 raiseStatus :: Monad m => Status -> T.Text -> ActionT m a
 raiseStatus s = E.throw . StatusError s
+{-# DEPRECATED raiseStatus "Use status, text, and finish instead" #-}
 
 -- | Throw an exception which can be caught within the scope of the current Action with 'catch'.
 --
diff --git a/Web/Scotty/Internal/Types.hs b/Web/Scotty/Internal/Types.hs
index 38fab71d..4de097c4 100644
--- a/Web/Scotty/Internal/Types.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty/Internal/Types.hs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ tryNext io = catch (io >> pure True) $ \e ->
 -- | E.g. when a parameter is not found in a query string (400 Bad Request) or when parsing a JSON body fails (422 Unprocessable Entity)
 data StatusError = StatusError Status Text deriving (Show, Typeable)
 instance E.Exception StatusError
+{-# DEPRECATED StatusError "If it is supposed to be caught, a proper exception type should be defined" #-}
 
 -- | Specializes a 'Handler' to the 'ActionT' monad
 type ErrorHandler m = Handler (ActionT m) ()
diff --git a/Web/Scotty/Trans/Lazy.hs b/Web/Scotty/Trans/Lazy.hs
index 0f6fb334..484cbbcc 100644
--- a/Web/Scotty/Trans/Lazy.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty/Trans/Lazy.hs
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ raise :: (MonadIO m) =>
          T.Text -- ^ Error text
       -> ActionT m a
 raise  = Base.raise . T.toStrict
+{-# DEPRECATED raise "Throw an exception instead" #-}
 
 -- | Throw a 'StatusError' exception that has an associated HTTP error code and can be caught with 'rescue'.
 --
 -- Uncaught exceptions turn into HTTP responses corresponding to the given status.
 raiseStatus :: Monad m => Status -> T.Text -> ActionT m a
 raiseStatus s = Base.raiseStatus s . T.toStrict
+{-# DEPRECATED raiseStatus "Use status, text, and finish instead" #-}
 
 -- | Redirect to given URL. Like throwing an uncatchable exception. Any code after the call to redirect
 -- will not be run.
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 35f15736..bd0c0d17 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * renamed `captureParam`, `captureParamMaybe`, and `captureParams` to `pathParam`, `pathParamMaybe`, `pathParams` respectively, keeping the old names as their synonyms
 * Scotty's API such as `queryParam` now throws `ScottyException` rather than `StatusException`.
   Uncaught exceptions are handled by `scottyExceptionHandler`, resembling the existing behaviour
+* Deprecate `StatusError`, `raise` and `raiseStatus`
 
 ## 0.20.1 [2023.10.03]