diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 86b28cf0c4e..c24cf6a36ea 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ public fun String.toPattern(flags: Int = 0): java.util.regex.Pattern {
 /**
  * Creates a new [StringReader] for reading the contents of this string.
  */
+@Deprecated("Use reader() method instead in kotlin.io package", ReplaceWith("this.reader()", "kotlin.io.reader"))
 public val String.reader: StringReader
     get() = StringReader(this)