diff --git a/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated.rb b/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated.rb
index 3dbe270a9eac357cef9053638bff5e79b158f222..adaaed402ac794990c4e1c04c7e9818b52750593 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated.rb
@@ -1,37 +1,10 @@
-require "jsduck/builtins/tag"
+require "jsduck/builtins/deprecated_tag"
 
 module JsDuck::Builtins
-  class Deprecated < Tag
+  class Deprecated < DeprecatedTag
     def initialize
-      @pattern = "deprecated"
       @key = :deprecated
-      @signature = {:long => "deprecated", :short => "DEP"}
-      @html_position = :bottom
-      @multiline = true
+      super
     end
-
-    def parse(p)
-      p.add_tag(:deprecated)
-      p.skip_horiz_white
-      p.current_tag[:version] = p.match(/[0-9.]+/) if p.look(/[0-9]/)
-    end
-
-    def process_doc(tags)
-      v = {:text => tags[0][:doc] || ""}
-      v[:version] = tags[0][:version] if tags[0][:version]
-      v
-    end
-
-    def to_html(context)
-      depr = context[:deprecated]
-      v = depr[:version] ? "since " + depr[:version] : ""
-      <<-EOHTML
-        <div class='signature-box deprecated'>
-        <p>This #{context[:tagname]} has been <strong>deprecated</strong> #{v}</p>
-        #{format(depr[:text])}
-        </div>
-      EOHTML
-    end
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated_tag.rb b/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated_tag.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d64441774d0a5d5f4cd221fde84078a6034ee547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jsduck/builtins/deprecated_tag.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require "jsduck/builtins/tag"
+
+module JsDuck::Builtins
+  # Base class for both @deprecated and @removed.  Child classes only
+  # need to define the @key attribute and call #super - all the
+  # correct behavior will the fall out automatically.
+  class DeprecatedTag < Tag
+    def initialize
+      if @key
+        @pattern = @key.to_s
+        @signature = {:long => @key.to_s, :short => @key.to_s[0..2].upcase}
+        @html_position = :bottom
+        @multiline = true
+      end
+    end
+
+    def parse(p)
+      p.add_tag(@key)
+      p.skip_horiz_white
+      p.current_tag[:version] = p.match(/[0-9.]+/) if p.look(/[0-9]/)
+    end
+
+    def process_doc(tags)
+      v = {:text => tags[0][:doc] || ""}
+      v[:version] = tags[0][:version] if tags[0][:version]
+      v
+    end
+
+    def to_html(context)
+      depr = context[@key]
+      v = depr[:version] ? "since " + depr[:version] : ""
+      <<-EOHTML
+        <div class='signature-box #{@key}'>
+        <p>This #{context[:tagname]} has been <strong>#{@key}</strong> #{v}</p>
+        #{format(depr[:text])}
+        </div>
+      EOHTML
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/builtins/removed.rb b/lib/jsduck/builtins/removed.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..618be181cdd311d3dfa6617fd898afd22197f53a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jsduck/builtins/removed.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require "jsduck/builtins/deprecated_tag"
+
+module JsDuck::Builtins
+  # To document members that were present in previous version but are
+  # completely gone now.  Other than that it behaves exactly like
+  # @deprecated.
+  class Removed < DeprecatedTag
+    def initialize
+      @key = :removed
+      super
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/tag/removed.rb b/lib/jsduck/tag/removed.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d32a780a3a28a6ebe3bf5fb1b3d450b2ef87a061..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/jsduck/tag/removed.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-require "jsduck/meta_tag"
-
-module JsDuck::Tag
-  # Implementation of @removed tag.
-  #
-  # To document members that were present in previous version but are
-  # completely gone now.  Other than that it behaves exactly like @deprecated.
-  class Removed < JsDuck::MetaTag
-    def initialize
-      @name = "removed"
-      @key = :removed
-      @signature = {:long => "removed", :short => "REM"}
-      @multiline = true
-    end
-
-    def to_value(contents)
-      text = contents[0]
-      if text =~ /\A([0-9.]+)(.*)\Z/
-        {:version => $1, :text => $2.strip}
-      else
-        {:text => text || ""}
-      end
-    end
-
-    def to_html(val)
-      ver = val[:version] ? "since " + val[:version] : ""
-      <<-EOHTML
-        <div class='signature-box removed'>
-        <p>This #{@context[:tagname]} has been <strong>removed</strong> #{ver}</p>
-        #{format(val[:text])}
-        </div>
-      EOHTML
-    end
-  end
-end
-