diff --git a/pkg/config/output.go b/pkg/config/output.go
index 6a26d5773e76..458a5e7d7513 100644
--- a/pkg/config/output.go
+++ b/pkg/config/output.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 	OutFormatHTML              = "html"
 	OutFormatJunitXML          = "junit-xml"
 	OutFormatJunitXMLExtended  = "junit-xml-extended"
-	OutFormatGithubActions     = "github-actions" // Deprecated
+	OutFormatGithubActions     = "github-actions" // Deprecated: use OutFormatColoredLineNumber instead.
 	OutFormatTeamCity          = "teamcity"
 	OutFormatSarif             = "sarif"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/printers/githubaction.go b/pkg/printers/githubaction.go
index d9cdb1e6e603..346600d88b61 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/githubaction.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/githubaction.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ type GitHubAction struct {
 }
 
 // NewGitHubAction output format outputs issues according to GitHub Action.
-// Deprecated
+//
+// Deprecated: use NewText instead.
 func NewGitHubAction(w io.Writer) *GitHubAction {
 	return &GitHubAction{w: w}
 }