diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java
index c06999da2a..adc56b8620 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java
@@ -3637,6 +3637,8 @@ public <T extends JsonNode> T valueToTree(Object fromValue)
      *  serializable)
      *
      * @deprecated Since 2.18 use discouraged; method to be removed from Jackson 3.0
+     * It is recommended to try directly testing serialization using actual JSON inputs and outputs
+     * in test cases to ensure correctness and compatibility with real-world use cases.
      */
     @Deprecated // @since 2.18
     public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type) {
@@ -3651,6 +3653,8 @@ public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type) {
      * @since 2.3
      *
      * @deprecated Since 2.18 use discouraged; method to be removed from Jackson 3.0
+     * It is recommended to try directly testing serialization using actual JSON inputs and outputs
+     * in test cases to ensure correctness and compatibility with real-world use cases.
      */
     @Deprecated // @since 2.18
     public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type, AtomicReference<Throwable> cause) {
@@ -3675,6 +3679,8 @@ public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type, AtomicReference<Throwable> cause) {
      *  serializable)
      *
      * @deprecated Since 2.18 use discouraged; method to be removed from Jackson 3.0
+     * It is recommended to try directly testing deserialization using actual JSON inputs and outputs
+     * in test cases to ensure correctness and compatibility with real-world use cases.
      */
     @Deprecated // @since 2.18
     public boolean canDeserialize(JavaType type)
@@ -3691,6 +3697,8 @@ public boolean canDeserialize(JavaType type)
      * @since 2.3
      *
      * @deprecated Since 2.18 use discouraged; method to be removed from Jackson 3.0
+     * It is recommended to try directly testing deserialization using actual JSON inputs and outputs
+     * in test cases to ensure correctness and compatibility with real-world use cases.
      */
     @Deprecated // @since 2.18
     public boolean canDeserialize(JavaType type, AtomicReference<Throwable> cause)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectWriter.java
index ed4fe845fd..9140ecdf1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectWriter.java
@@ -1215,6 +1215,8 @@ public void acceptJsonFormatVisitor(Class<?> type, JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visi
      * it could serialize an instance of given Class.
      *
      * @deprecated Since 2.18 use discouraged; method to be removed from Jackson 3.0
+     * It is recommended to try directly testing serialization using actual JSON inputs and outputs
+     * in test cases to ensure correctness and compatibility with real-world use cases.
      */
     @Deprecated // @since 2.18
     public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type) {
@@ -1229,6 +1231,8 @@ public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type) {
      * @since 2.3
      *
      * @deprecated Since 2.18 use discouraged; method to be removed from Jackson 3.0
+     * It is recommended to try directly testing serialization using actual JSON inputs and outputs
+     * in test cases to ensure correctness and compatibility with real-world use cases.
      */
     @Deprecated // @since 2.18
     public boolean canSerialize(Class<?> type, AtomicReference<Throwable> cause) {