diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-keys-study.md b/.changeset/thirty-keys-study.md
index 310f5bca34..e2cc5fa76e 100644
--- a/.changeset/thirty-keys-study.md
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-keys-study.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/catalog-model': patch
 ---
 
-Deprecated the `entity.metadata.generation` field which has been superseded by `entity.metadata.etag`.
+Deprecated the `entity.metadata.generation` as the field has never been fully functioning.
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/Entity.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/Entity.ts
index 00865c6671..3b8205fba6 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/Entity.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/entity/Entity.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export type EntityMeta = JsonObject & {
    * This field can not be set by the user at creation time, and the server
    * will reject an attempt to do so. The field will be populated in read
    * operations.
-   * @deprecated replaced by etag.
+   * @deprecated field is not supported.
    */
   generation?: number;