diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/annotations.go b/cli-plugins/manager/annotations.go
index 8fc76b73c..abe47fe09 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/annotations.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/annotations.go
@@ -6,25 +6,35 @@ const (
 	// CommandAnnotationPlugin is added to every stub command added by
 	// AddPluginCommandStubs with the value "true" and so can be
 	// used to distinguish plugin stubs from regular commands.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: use [metadata.CommandAnnotationPlugin]. This alias will be removed in the next release.
 	CommandAnnotationPlugin = metadata.CommandAnnotationPlugin
 
 	// CommandAnnotationPluginVendor is added to every stub command
 	// added by AddPluginCommandStubs and contains the vendor of
 	// that plugin.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: use [metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginVendor]. This alias will be removed in the next release.
 	CommandAnnotationPluginVendor = metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginVendor
 
 	// CommandAnnotationPluginVersion is added to every stub command
 	// added by AddPluginCommandStubs and contains the version of
 	// that plugin.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: use [metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginVersion]. This alias will be removed in the next release.
 	CommandAnnotationPluginVersion = metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginVersion
 
 	// CommandAnnotationPluginInvalid is added to any stub command
 	// added by AddPluginCommandStubs for an invalid command (that
 	// is, one which failed it's candidate test) and contains the
 	// reason for the failure.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: use [metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginInvalid]. This alias will be removed in the next release.
 	CommandAnnotationPluginInvalid = metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginInvalid
 
 	// CommandAnnotationPluginCommandPath is added to overwrite the
 	// command path for a plugin invocation.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: use [metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginCommandPath]. This alias will be removed in the next release.
 	CommandAnnotationPluginCommandPath = metadata.CommandAnnotationPluginCommandPath
 )