diff --git a/Alpha_shapes_2/doc/Alpha_shapes_2/CGAL/Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2.h b/Alpha_shapes_2/doc/Alpha_shapes_2/CGAL/Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2.h
index 7801eae43dd..93852d99a12 100644
--- a/Alpha_shapes_2/doc/Alpha_shapes_2/CGAL/Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2.h
+++ b/Alpha_shapes_2/doc/Alpha_shapes_2/CGAL/Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2.h
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@ namespace CGAL {
 /*!
 \ingroup PkgAlphaShape2
 
-The class `Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2` is the default model for the concept 
-`AlphaShapeTraits_2` for the regular version of Alpha Shapes. 
+\deprecated The class is deprecated since \cgal 4.10, as the weighted point and the function
+objects for weighted points are part of the concept `Kernel`. The class is kept for backward
+compatibility.
 
-\tparam K must be a `Kernel`. 
+The class `Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2` was the default model for the concept
+`AlphaShapeTraits_2` for the regular version of Alpha Shapes.
+
+\tparam K must be a model of `Kernel`.
 
 \cgalModels `AlphaShapeTraits_2`
 
 */
 template< typename K >
-class Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2 :
-    public Regular_triangulation_euclidean_traits_2<K, typename K::FT> {
+class Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2
+  : public K
+{
 public:
 
 }; /* end Weighted_alpha_shape_euclidean_traits_2 */