diff -r 4c7bf578577e -r a85f92c9a8ab langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Thu Aug 11 17:02:00 2016 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java	Fri Aug 12 11:49:18 2016 +0530
@@ -3197,6 +3197,21 @@
             log.warning(LintCategory.DEP_ANN,
                     pos, "missing.deprecated.annotation");
         }
+        // Note: @Deprecated has no effect on local variables, parameters and package decls.
+        if (lint.isEnabled(LintCategory.DEPRECATION)) {
+            if (!syms.deprecatedType.isErroneous() && s.attribute(syms.deprecatedType.tsym) != null) {
+                switch (s.getKind()) {
+                    case LOCAL_VARIABLE:
+                    case PACKAGE:
+                    case PARAMETER:
+                    case RESOURCE_VARIABLE:
+                    case EXCEPTION_PARAMETER:
+                        log.warning(LintCategory.DEPRECATION, pos,
+                                "deprecated.annotation.has.no.effect", Kinds.kindName(s));
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     void checkDeprecated(final DiagnosticPosition pos, final Symbol other, final Symbol s) {