diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 112c607bd3..19cdf50b3e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Next release (5.4.0)
 
 Features
 --------
+* [#1105](https://github.com/java-native-access/jna/issues/1105): Deprecate `c.s.j.p.win32.Advapi32Util#getEventId` in favor of `#getInstanceId` - [@dbwiddis](https://github.com/dbwiddis).
 * [#1097](https://github.com/java-native-access/jna/issues/1097): Allow `.ocx` as extension of native libraries on windows - [@dmigowski](https://github.com/dmigowski).
 
 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Util.java b/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Util.java
index 031c46802e..f4d650f3ca 100755
--- a/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Util.java
+++ b/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Util.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@
 import com.sun.jna.ptr.LongByReference;
 import com.sun.jna.ptr.PointerByReference;
 import com.sun.jna.win32.W32APITypeMapper;
-import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Advapi32 utility API.
@@ -2342,10 +2342,23 @@ public EVENTLOGRECORD getRecord() {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Event Id.
+         * The Instance ID, a resource identifier that corresponds to a string
+         * definition in the message resource file of the event source. The
+         * Event ID is the Instance ID with the top two bits masked off.
          *
-         * @return Integer.
+         * @return An integer representing the 32-bit Instance ID.
+         */
+        public int getInstanceId() {
+            return _record.EventID.intValue();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @deprecated As of 5.4.0, replaced by {@link #getInstanceId()}. The
+         *             Event ID displayed in the Windows Event Viewer
+         *             corresponds to {@link #getStatusCode()} for
+         *             system-generated events.
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public int getEventId() {
             return _record.EventID.intValue();
         }
@@ -2360,9 +2373,11 @@ public String getSource() {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Status code for the facility, part of the Event ID.
+         * Status code, the rightmost 16 bits of the Instance ID. Corresponds to
+         * the Event ID field in the Windows Event Viewer for system-generated
+         * events.
          *
-         * @return Status code.
+         * @return An integer representing the low 16-bits of the Instance ID.
          */
         public int getStatusCode() {
             return _record.EventID.intValue() & 0xFFFF;