diff --git a/api/services/events/v1/doc.go b/api/services/events/v1/doc.go
index b7f86da86..4470a663e 100644
--- a/api/services/events/v1/doc.go
+++ b/api/services/events/v1/doc.go
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@
 
 // Package events defines the event pushing and subscription service.
 package events
+
+import types "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types"
+
+// Deprecated: Use [types.Envelope].
+type Envelope = types.Envelope
diff --git a/api/services/ttrpc/events/v1/doc.go b/api/services/ttrpc/events/v1/doc.go
index d3d9839d6..b374dde26 100644
--- a/api/services/ttrpc/events/v1/doc.go
+++ b/api/services/ttrpc/events/v1/doc.go
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@
 
 // Package events defines the ttrpc event service.
 package events
+
+import types "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types"
+
+// Deprecated: Use [types.Envelope].
+type Envelope = types.Envelope