diff --git a/include/vlc/deprecated.h b/include/vlc/deprecated.h
index c38e9c8ce851561e7020ac7bd61a0c6418b67426..0a1277a714dc8239cc3d6b73eeb633cc2e3256df 100644
--- a/include/vlc/deprecated.h
+++ b/include/vlc/deprecated.h
@@ -265,6 +265,18 @@ LIBVLC_DEPRECATED LIBVLC_API libvlc_media_discoverer_t *
 libvlc_media_discoverer_new_from_name( libvlc_instance_t * p_inst,
                                        const char * psz_name );
 
+/**
+ * Get media service discover object its localized name.
+ *
+ * \deprecated Useless, use libvlc_media_discoverer_list_get() to get the
+ * longname of the service discovery.
+ *
+ * \param p_mdis media discover object
+ * \return localized name or NULL if the media_discoverer is not started
+ */
+LIBVLC_DEPRECATED LIBVLC_API char *
+libvlc_media_discoverer_localized_name( libvlc_media_discoverer_t * p_mdis );
+
 /** @}*/
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/vlc/libvlc_media_discoverer.h b/include/vlc/libvlc_media_discoverer.h
index 6ed87466a6456dca9032a40e226993438f77f030..6dd86f1113517eb28b50dc6e57c0fdf22bb650c2 100644
--- a/include/vlc/libvlc_media_discoverer.h
+++ b/include/vlc/libvlc_media_discoverer.h
@@ -129,15 +129,6 @@ libvlc_media_discoverer_stop( libvlc_media_discoverer_t * p_mdis );
 LIBVLC_API void
 libvlc_media_discoverer_release( libvlc_media_discoverer_t * p_mdis );
 
-/**
- * Get media service discover object its localized name.
- *
- * \param p_mdis media discover object
- * \return localized name or NULL if the media_discoverer is not started
- */
-LIBVLC_API char *
-libvlc_media_discoverer_localized_name( libvlc_media_discoverer_t * p_mdis );
-
 /**
  * Get media service discover media list.
  *