diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-bus.h b/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
index e6f3298745..aed214352b 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int sd_bus_get_sender(sd_bus *bus, const char **ret);
 
 int sd_bus_start(sd_bus *bus);
 
-int sd_bus_try_close(sd_bus *bus);
+int sd_bus_try_close(sd_bus *bus) _sd_deprecated_; /* deprecated */
 void sd_bus_close(sd_bus *bus);
 
 sd_bus *sd_bus_ref(sd_bus *bus);
diff --git a/tools/meson-check-api-docs.sh b/tools/meson-check-api-docs.sh
index bd320562ad..c33672934d 100755
--- a/tools/meson-check-api-docs.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-check-api-docs.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sd_total=0
 udev_good=0
 udev_total=0
 
-for symbol in `nm -g --defined-only "$@" | grep " T " | cut -d" " -f3 | sort -u` ; do
+for symbol in `nm -g --defined-only "$@" | grep " T " | cut -d" " -f3 | grep -wv sd_bus_try_close | sort -u` ; do
     if test -f ${MESON_BUILD_ROOT}/man/$symbol.3 ; then
         echo "✓ Symbol $symbol() is documented."
         good=1