diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index 79060f1db76db8..e56ad042ddf999 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ Type: Documentation-only
 The [`util.isNumber()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0053"></a>
-### DEP0053 `util.isObject()`
+### DEP0053: `util.isObject()`
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
   - version:
@@ -1795,6 +1795,9 @@ Type: End-of-Life
 `runInAsyncIdScope` doesn't emit the `'before'` or `'after'` event and can thus
 cause a lot of issues. See <https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14328>.
 
+<!-- md-lint skip-deprecation DEP0087 -->
+<!-- md-lint skip-deprecation DEP0088 -->
+
 <a id="DEP0089"></a>
 ### DEP0089: `require('assert')`
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diff --git a/test/doctool/test-deprecation-codes.js b/test/doctool/test-deprecation-codes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..599a37bab446b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/doctool/test-deprecation-codes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const path = require('path');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const script = path.join(
+  __dirname,
+  '..',
+  '..',
+  'tools',
+  'doc',
+  'deprecationCodes.js'
+);
+
+const mdPath = path.join(
+  __dirname,
+  '..',
+  '..',
+  'doc',
+  'api',
+  'deprecations.md'
+);
+
+execFileSync(process.execPath, [script, mdPath], { encoding: 'utf-8' });
diff --git a/tools/doc/deprecationCodes.js b/tools/doc/deprecationCodes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a5062263ffe2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/doc/deprecationCodes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+
+const unified = require('unified');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const source = resolve(process.argv[2]);
+
+const skipDeprecationComment = /^<!-- md-lint skip-deprecation (DEP\d{4}) -->$/;
+
+const generateDeprecationCode = (codeAsNumber) =>
+  `DEP${codeAsNumber.toString().padStart(4, '0')}`;
+
+const addMarkdownPathToErrorStack = (error, node) => {
+  const { line, column } = node.position.start;
+  const [header, ...lines] = error.stack.split('\n');
+  error.stack =
+          header +
+          `\n    at <anonymous> (${source}:${line}:${column})\n` +
+          lines.join('\n');
+  return error;
+};
+
+const testAnchor = (anchorNode, expectedDeprecationCode) => {
+  try {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+              anchorNode?.children[0]?.value,
+              `<a id="${expectedDeprecationCode}">`,
+              `Missing or ill-formed anchor for ${expectedDeprecationCode}.`
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw addMarkdownPathToErrorStack(e, anchorNode);
+  }
+};
+
+const testHeading = (headingNode, expectedDeprecationCode) => {
+  try {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+            headingNode?.children[0]?.value.substring(0, 9),
+            `${expectedDeprecationCode}: `,
+            'Ill-formed or out-of-order deprecation code.'
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw addMarkdownPathToErrorStack(e, headingNode);
+  }
+};
+
+const testYAMLComment = (commentNode) => {
+  try {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+              commentNode?.value?.substring(0, 19),
+              '<!-- YAML\nchanges:\n',
+              'Missing or ill-formed YAML comment.'
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw addMarkdownPathToErrorStack(e, commentNode);
+  }
+};
+
+const testDeprecationType = (paragraphNode) => {
+  try {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+              paragraphNode?.children[0]?.value?.substring(0, 6),
+              'Type: ',
+              'Missing deprecation type.'
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw addMarkdownPathToErrorStack(e, paragraphNode);
+  }
+};
+
+const tree = unified()
+  .use(require('remark-parse'))
+  .parse(fs.readFileSync(source));
+
+let expectedDeprecationCodeNumber = 0;
+for (let i = 0; i < tree.children.length; i++) {
+  const node = tree.children[i];
+  if (node.type === 'html' && skipDeprecationComment.test(node.value)) {
+    const expectedDeprecationCode =
+          generateDeprecationCode(++expectedDeprecationCodeNumber);
+    const deprecationCodeAsText = node.value.match(skipDeprecationComment)[1];
+
+    try {
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        deprecationCodeAsText,
+        expectedDeprecationCode,
+        'Deprecation codes are not ordered correctly.'
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw addMarkdownPathToErrorStack(e, node);
+    }
+  }
+  if (node.type === 'heading' && node.depth === 3) {
+    const expectedDeprecationCode =
+          generateDeprecationCode(++expectedDeprecationCodeNumber);
+
+    testHeading(node, expectedDeprecationCode);
+
+    testAnchor(tree.children[i - 1], expectedDeprecationCode);
+    testYAMLComment(tree.children[i + 1]);
+    testDeprecationType(tree.children[i + 2]);
+  }
+}