diff --git a/Include/cpython/dictobject.h b/Include/cpython/dictobject.h
index 3fd23b9313c453..e2861c963266ea 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/dictobject.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/dictobject.h
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_GetItem_KnownHash(PyObject *mp, PyObject *key,
                                                  Py_hash_t hash);
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_GetItemStringWithError(PyObject *, const char *);
+// PyDict_GetItemStringRef() can be used instead
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.14) PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_GetItemStringWithError(PyObject *, const char *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyDict_SetDefault(
     PyObject *mp, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj);