diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92d6957..f8d61d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## unreleased
 
+### Deprecations
+* `read...Credentials()` methods for specific database mounts (#92)
+
 ### Dependencies
 * Updated Jackson to 2.18.3 (#90)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/VaultConnector.java b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/VaultConnector.java
index 3d82ba1..8ad17ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/VaultConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/VaultConnector.java
@@ -681,7 +681,9 @@ public interface VaultConnector extends AutoCloseable, Serializable {
      * @return the credentials response
      * @throws VaultConnectorException on error
      * @since 0.5.0
+     * @deprecated use {@link #readDbCredentials(String, String)} your MySQL mountpoint
      */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.5.0", forRemoval = true)
     default CredentialsResponse readMySqlCredentials(final String role) throws VaultConnectorException {
         return readDbCredentials(role, "mysql");
     }
@@ -693,7 +695,9 @@ public interface VaultConnector extends AutoCloseable, Serializable {
      * @return the credentials response
      * @throws VaultConnectorException on error
      * @since 0.5.0
+     * @deprecated use {@link #readDbCredentials(String, String)} your PostgreSQL mountpoint
      */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.5.0", forRemoval = true)
     default CredentialsResponse readPostgreSqlCredentials(final String role) throws VaultConnectorException {
         return readDbCredentials(role, "postgresql");
     }
@@ -705,28 +709,32 @@ public interface VaultConnector extends AutoCloseable, Serializable {
      * @return the credentials response
      * @throws VaultConnectorException on error
      * @since 0.5.0
+     * @deprecated use {@link #readDbCredentials(String, String)} your MSSQL mountpoint
      */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.5.0", forRemoval = true)
     default CredentialsResponse readMsSqlCredentials(final String role) throws VaultConnectorException {
         return readDbCredentials(role, "mssql");
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read credentials for MSSQL backend at default mount point.
+     * Read credentials for MongoDB backend at default mount point.
      *
      * @param role the role name
      * @return the credentials response
      * @throws VaultConnectorException on error
      * @since 0.5.0
+     * @deprecated use {@link #readDbCredentials(String, String)} your MongoDB mountpoint
      */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.5.0", forRemoval = true)
     default CredentialsResponse readMongoDbCredentials(final String role) throws VaultConnectorException {
         return readDbCredentials(role, "mongodb");
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read credentials for SQL backends.
+     * Read credentials for database backends.
      *
      * @param role  the role name
-     * @param mount mount point of the SQL backend
+     * @param mount mount point of the database backend
      * @return the credentials response
      * @throws VaultConnectorException on error
      * @since 0.5.0