diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb
index ed69bc4425..2713cf4637 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ module Homebrew
         assumptions, so taps can be cloned from places other than GitHub and
         using protocols other than HTTPS, e.g. SSH, git, HTTP, FTP(S), rsync.
       EOS
+      # odeprecated "brew tap --full"
+      switch "--full",
+              description: "Convert a shallow clone to a full clone without untapping. Taps are only cloned as "\
+                           "shallow clones if `--shallow` was originally passed."
+      # odeprecated "brew tap --shallow"
+      switch "--shallow",
+             description: "Fetch tap as a shallow clone rather than a full clone. Useful for continuous integration."
       switch "--force-auto-update",
              description: "Auto-update tap even if it is not hosted on GitHub. By default, only taps "\
                           "hosted on GitHub are auto-updated (for performance reasons)."