diff --git a/array/array.mbt b/array/array.mbt
index 8c84be6fd..03f54e19b 100644
--- a/array/array.mbt
+++ b/array/array.mbt
@@ -50,12 +50,16 @@ pub fn[T] Array::from_iter(iter : Iter[T]) -> Array[T] {
 ///   assert_eq(u, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
 /// }
 /// ```
-pub fn[T] push_iter(self : Array[T], iter : Iter[T]) -> Unit {
+pub fn[T] Array::push_iter(self : Self[T], iter : Iter[T]) -> Unit {
   for x in iter {
     self.push(x)
   }
 }
 
+///|
+#deprecated("use method call")
+pub fnalias Array::push_iter
+
 ///|
 /// Creates a new array of the specified length, where each element is
 /// initialized using an index-based initialization function.
diff --git a/array/array.mbti b/array/array.mbti
index 8026c07e8..17f474600 100644
--- a/array/array.mbti
+++ b/array/array.mbti
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fn join(Array[String], @string.StringView) -> String
 
 fn[A] last(Array[A]) -> A?
 
+#deprecated
 fn[T] push_iter(Array[T], Iter[T]) -> Unit
 
 fn[T] shuffle(Array[T], rand~ : (Int) -> Int) -> Array[T]