diff --git a/docs/1.getting-started/6.data-fetching.md b/docs/1.getting-started/6.data-fetching.md
index 005dbb27f7..1b6fc9bb34 100644
--- a/docs/1.getting-started/6.data-fetching.md
+++ b/docs/1.getting-started/6.data-fetching.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Read more about `useAsyncData`.
 
 - `data`: the result of the asynchronous function that is passed in.
 - `refresh`/`execute`: a function that can be used to refresh the data returned by the `handler` function.
-- `clear`: a function that can be used to set `data` to undefined, set `error` to `null`, set `status` to `idle`, and mark any currently pending requests as cancelled.
+- `clear`: a function that can be used to set `data` to `undefined`, set `error` to `null`, set `status` to `idle`, and mark any currently pending requests as cancelled.
 - `error`: an error object if the data fetching failed.
 - `status`: a string indicating the status of the data request (`"idle"`, `"pending"`, `"success"`, `"error"`).
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
index dde3f71aac..fd8e33b3e6 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ interface _NuxtApp {
   /** @internal */
   _asyncData: Record<string, {
     data: Ref<unknown>
+    /**
+     * @deprecated This may be removed in a future major version.
+     */
     pending: Ref<boolean>
     error: Ref<Error | undefined>
     status: Ref<AsyncDataRequestStatus>