diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/codes.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/codes.rs
index d2de55efba..732c2aee11 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/codes.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/codes.rs
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ pub fn code_to_rule(linter: Linter, code: &str) -> Option<(RuleGroup, Rule)> {
         (PandasVet, "013") => (RuleGroup::Stable, rules::pandas_vet::rules::PandasUseOfDotStack),
         (PandasVet, "015") => (RuleGroup::Stable, rules::pandas_vet::rules::PandasUseOfPdMerge),
         (PandasVet, "101") => (RuleGroup::Stable, rules::pandas_vet::rules::PandasNuniqueConstantSeriesCheck),
-        (PandasVet, "901") => (RuleGroup::Stable, rules::pandas_vet::rules::PandasDfVariableName),
+        (PandasVet, "901") => (RuleGroup::Deprecated, rules::pandas_vet::rules::PandasDfVariableName),
 
         // flake8-errmsg
         (Flake8ErrMsg, "101") => (RuleGroup::Stable, rules::flake8_errmsg::rules::RawStringInException),
diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pandas_vet/rules/assignment_to_df.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pandas_vet/rules/assignment_to_df.rs
index b24fd8f0bb..3c0617b708 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pandas_vet/rules/assignment_to_df.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pandas_vet/rules/assignment_to_df.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ use ruff_text_size::Ranged;
 
 use crate::{Violation, checkers::ast::Checker};
 
+/// ## Deprecated
+///
+/// This rule has been deprecated as it's highly opinionated and overly strict in most cases.
+///
 /// ## What it does
 /// Checks for assignments to the variable `df`.
 ///