diff --git a/include/fcl/collision_object.h b/include/fcl/collision_object.h
index 18b302fbc720ae7212804d731bd9825e9fc14dc1..7cc2fc5fe4fc1d9ff9fade472b515a63ca8f50e9 100644
--- a/include/fcl/collision_object.h
+++ b/include/fcl/collision_object.h
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ public:
   }
 
   /// @brief get geometry from the object instance
-  const CollisionGeometry* getCollisionGeometry() const FCL_DEPRECATED
+  FCL_DEPRECATED
+  const CollisionGeometry* getCollisionGeometry() const
   {
     return cgeom.get();
   }
@@ -447,7 +448,8 @@ public:
   }
 
   /// @brief get geometry from the object instance
-  inline const CollisionGeometry* getCollisionGeometry() const FCL_DEPRECATED
+  FCL_DEPRECATED
+  inline const CollisionGeometry* getCollisionGeometry() const
   {
     return cgeom.get();
   }
diff --git a/include/fcl/deprecated.h b/include/fcl/deprecated.h
index 43ef3eee514ec6390be7310fd5eabdd5589da4fe..6a850468a0c339b488a47a3a319497b4e31969fc 100644
--- a/include/fcl/deprecated.h
+++ b/include/fcl/deprecated.h
@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@
 // variable as deprecated (i.e. it will emit a warning when using it).
 //
 // Tagging a function as deprecated:
-//  void foo () FCL_DEPRECATED;
+//  FCL_DEPRECATED void foo ();
 //
 // Tagging a type as deprecated:
-//  class Foo {};
-//  typedef Foo Bar FCL_DEPRECATED;
+//  FCL_DEPRECATED class Foo {};
 //
 // Tagging a variable as deprecated:
-//  int a FCL_DEPRECATED = 0;
+//  FCL_DEPRECATED int a = 0;
 //
 // The use of a macro is required as this is /not/ a standardized
 // feature of C++ language or preprocessor, even if most of the