diff --git a/include/fcl/collision_object.h b/include/fcl/collision_object.h
index 33b0aec89c80d21a4efe10962eebc26163e8e1b1..272d6c3819e503d1e420359285f63e980430ef2f 100644
--- a/include/fcl/collision_object.h
+++ b/include/fcl/collision_object.h
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ public:
   }
 
   /// @brief get geometry from the object instance
-  const CollisionGeometry* getCollisionGeometry() const FCL_DEPRECATED
+  FCL_DEPRECATED
+  const CollisionGeometry* getCollisionGeometry() const
   {
     return cgeom.get();
   }
@@ -446,7 +447,8 @@ 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 16c74e83b60c9da829e9189e79ab9c0d58db4b25..e7646ad78148049bca7bf611fdc36bb5aad04995 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