diff --git a/cli/command/stack/swarm/deploy.go b/cli/command/stack/swarm/deploy.go
index bfd71f5f65..cf3a52418f 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/swarm/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/swarm/deploy.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 // RunDeploy is the swarm implementation of docker stack deploy
+//
+// Deprecated: this function was for internal use and will be removed in the next release.
 func RunDeploy(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *options.Deploy, cfg *composetypes.Config) error {
 	if err := validateResolveImageFlag(opts); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/swarm/list.go b/cli/command/stack/swarm/list.go
index ec951d71d3..22b175a1ed 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/swarm/list.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/swarm/list.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetStacks lists the swarm stacks.
+//
+// Deprecated: this function was for internal use and will be removed in the next release.
 func GetStacks(ctx context.Context, apiClient client.ServiceAPIClient) ([]*formatter.Stack, error) {
 	services, err := apiClient.ServiceList(
 		ctx,
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/swarm/ps.go b/cli/command/stack/swarm/ps.go
index e892fc94c9..fc16b7eb72 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/swarm/ps.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/swarm/ps.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // RunPS is the swarm implementation of docker stack ps
+//
+// Deprecated: this function was for internal use and will be removed in the next release.
 func RunPS(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, opts options.PS) error {
 	filter := getStackFilterFromOpt(opts.Namespace, opts.Filter)
 
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go b/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go
index cd426d5111..42812262ab 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // RunRemove is the swarm implementation of docker stack remove
+//
+// Deprecated: this function was for internal use and will be removed in the next release.
 func RunRemove(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, opts options.Remove) error {
 	apiClient := dockerCli.Client()
 
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/swarm/services.go b/cli/command/stack/swarm/services.go
index e75d3ccf8c..4a2eed34f5 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/swarm/services.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/swarm/services.go
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetServices is the swarm implementation of listing stack services
-func GetServices(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, opts options.Services) ([]swarm.Service, error) {
+//
+// Deprecated: this function was for internal use and will be removed in the next release.
+func GetServices(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, opts options.Services) ([]swarm.Service, error) {
 	var (
-		err    error
-		client = dockerCli.Client()
+		err       error
+		apiClient = dockerCLI.Client()
 	)
 
 	listOpts := swarm.ServiceListOptions{
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ func GetServices(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, opts options.Servic
 		Status: !opts.Quiet,
 	}
 
-	services, err := client.ServiceList(ctx, listOpts)
+	services, err := apiClient.ServiceList(ctx, listOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ func GetServices(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, opts options.Servic
 		// situations where the client uses the "default" version. To account for
 		// these situations, we do a quick check for services that do not have
 		// a ServiceStatus set, and perform a lookup for those.
-		services, err = service.AppendServiceStatus(ctx, client, services)
+		services, err = service.AppendServiceStatus(ctx, apiClient, services)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}