diff --git a/processor/processorhelper/obsreport.go b/processor/processorhelper/obsreport.go
index fd95f51fb9d..ea200a94b99 100644
--- a/processor/processorhelper/obsreport.go
+++ b/processor/processorhelper/obsreport.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorhelper/internal/metadata"
 )
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.111.0] no longer needed. To be removed in future.
+// Deprecated: BuildCustomMetricName is deprecated. To be removed, use ObsReport instead.
 func BuildCustomMetricName(configType, metric string) string {
 	componentPrefix := internal.ProcessorMetricPrefix
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(componentPrefix, internal.MetricNameSep) {