diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/util/Currency.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/util/Currency.java
index f6e3e6c031..59307e42e4 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/util/Currency.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/util/Currency.java
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ public class Currency extends MeasureUnit implements Serializable {
     /**
      * Constructs a currency object for the given ISO 4217 3-letter
      * code.  This constructor assumes that the code is valid.
+     * 
+     * @draft ICU 3.4
+     * @deprecated This is a draft API and might change in a future release of ICU.
      */
     protected Currency(String theISOCode) {
         isoCode = theISOCode;