diff --git a/stdlib/ssl.pyi b/stdlib/ssl.pyi
index 32921b4f0961..2053005f1ba6 100644
--- a/stdlib/ssl.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/ssl.pyi
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ class SSLSocket(socket.socket):
     @overload
     def sendto(self, data: ReadableBuffer, flags_or_addr: int, addr: socket._Address) -> int: ...
     def shutdown(self, how: int) -> None: ...
+    @deprecated("Deprecated since Python 3.6. Use `SSLSocket.recv` method instead.")
     def read(self, len: int = 1024, buffer: bytearray | None = None) -> bytes: ...
+    @deprecated("Deprecated since Python 3.6. Use `SSLSocket.send` method instead.")
     def write(self, data: ReadableBuffer) -> int: ...
     def do_handshake(self, block: bool = False) -> None: ...  # block is undocumented
     @overload