diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php b/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
index bc49030af6..ff72ffd0be 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
@@ -974,3 +974,20 @@ function get_post_to_edit( $id ) {
 	return get_post( $id, OBJECT, 'edit' );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the default page information to use.
+ *
+ * @since 2.5.0
+ * @deprecated 3.5.0
+ * @deprecated Use get_default_post_to_edit() 
+ *
+ * @return WP_Post Post object containing all the default post data as attributes
+ */
+function get_default_page_to_edit() {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.5', "get_default_post_to_edit( 'page' )" );
+
+	$page = get_default_post_to_edit();
+	$page->post_type = 'page';
+	return $page;
+}
+
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index a2528c0c0e..130edb6cf1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -458,19 +458,6 @@ function get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type = 'post', $create_in_db = false )
 	return $post;
 }
 
-/**
- * Get the default page information to use.
- *
- * @since 2.5.0
- *
- * @return WP_Post Post object containing all the default post data as attributes
- */
-function get_default_page_to_edit() {
-	$page = get_default_post_to_edit();
-	$page->post_type = 'page';
-	return $page;
-}
-
 /**
  * Determine if a post exists based on title, content, and date
  *