diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/structured_config.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/structured_config.py
index 009b0a5d9f..468a3cdc03 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/structured_config.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/structured_config.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class StructuredDeployment(sd.SoftwareDeployment):
             return snippet
 
 
-class StructuredDeployments(sd.SoftwareDeploymentGroup):
+class StructuredDeploymentGroup(sd.SoftwareDeploymentGroup):
 
     PROPERTIES = (
         SERVERS,
@@ -231,9 +231,20 @@ class StructuredDeployments(sd.SoftwareDeploymentGroup):
         }
 
 
+class StructuredDeployments(StructuredDeploymentGroup):
+
+    deprecation_msg = _('This resource is deprecated and use is discouraged. '
+                        'Please use resource '
+                        'OS::Heat:StructuredDeploymentGroup instead.')
+    support_status = support.SupportStatus(status=support.DEPRECATED,
+                                           message=deprecation_msg,
+                                           version='2014.2')
+
+
 def resource_mapping():
     return {
         'OS::Heat::StructuredConfig': StructuredConfig,
         'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployment': StructuredDeployment,
+        'OS::Heat::StructuredDeploymentGroup': StructuredDeploymentGroup,
         'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployments': StructuredDeployments,
     }
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_engine_service.py b/heat/tests/test_engine_service.py
index 6cb4a10946..75c41cce85 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_engine_service.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_engine_service.py
@@ -2588,7 +2588,8 @@ class StackServiceTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(set(['OS::Neutron::RouterGateway',
                               'OS::Heat::CWLiteAlarm',
                               'OS::Heat::HARestarter',
-                              'OS::Heat::SoftwareDeployments']),
+                              'OS::Heat::SoftwareDeployments',
+                              'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployments']),
                          set(resources))
 
     def test_list_resource_types_supported(self):
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_structured_config.py b/heat/tests/test_structured_config.py
index 3b37c2dd11..92d2e8bb04 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_structured_config.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_structured_config.py
@@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ class StructuredConfigTestJSON(common.HeatTestCase):
 
     def test_resource_mapping(self):
         mapping = sc.resource_mapping()
-        self.assertEqual(3, len(mapping))
+        self.assertEqual(4, len(mapping))
         self.assertEqual(sc.StructuredConfig,
                          mapping['OS::Heat::StructuredConfig'])
         self.assertEqual(sc.StructuredDeployment,
                          mapping['OS::Heat::StructuredDeployment'])
+        self.assertEqual(sc.StructuredDeploymentGroup,
+                         mapping['OS::Heat::StructuredDeploymentGroup'])
         self.assertEqual(sc.StructuredDeployments,
                          mapping['OS::Heat::StructuredDeployments'])
         self.assertIsInstance(self.config, sc.StructuredConfig)
@@ -261,13 +263,13 @@ class StructuredDeploymentParseTest(common.HeatTestCase):
             parse(self.inputs, self.input_key, self.config))
 
 
-class StructuredDeploymentsTest(common.HeatTestCase):
+class StructuredDeploymentGroupTest(common.HeatTestCase):
 
     template = {
         'heat_template_version': '2013-05-23',
         'resources': {
             'deploy_mysql': {
-                'type': 'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployments',
+                'type': 'OS::Heat::StructuredDeploymentGroup',
                 'properties': {
                     'config': 'config_uuid',
                     'servers': {'server1': 'uuid1', 'server2': 'uuid2'},
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ class StructuredDeploymentsTest(common.HeatTestCase):
     def test_build_resource_definition(self):
         stack = utils.parse_stack(self.template)
         snip = stack.t.resource_definitions(stack)['deploy_mysql']
-        resg = sc.StructuredDeployments('test', snip, stack)
+        resg = sc.StructuredDeploymentGroup('test', snip, stack)
         expect = {
             'type': 'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployment',
             'properties': {
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ class StructuredDeploymentsTest(common.HeatTestCase):
     def test_resource_names(self):
         stack = utils.parse_stack(self.template)
         snip = stack.t.resource_definitions(stack)['deploy_mysql']
-        resg = sc.StructuredDeployments('test', snip, stack)
+        resg = sc.StructuredDeploymentGroup('test', snip, stack)
         self.assertEqual(
             set(('server1', 'server2')),
             set(resg._resource_names())
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ class StructuredDeploymentsTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         """
         stack = utils.parse_stack(self.template)
         snip = stack.t.resource_definitions(stack)['deploy_mysql']
-        resg = sc.StructuredDeployments('test', snip, stack)
+        resg = sc.StructuredDeploymentGroup('test', snip, stack)
         templ = {
             "heat_template_version": "2013-05-23",
             "resources": {