diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/EmailAddressConfiguration.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/EmailAddressConfiguration.cs
index 4039a0e3a2..fa8eb830b0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/EmailAddressConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/EmailAddressConfiguration.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors;
+using System;
+using Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
 {
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
     /// </summary>
     public class EmailAddressConfiguration
     {
-        [ConfigurationField("IsRequired", "Required?", "boolean")]
+        [ConfigurationField("IsRequired", "Required?", "hidden", Description = "Deprecated; Make this required by selecting mandatory when adding to the document type")]
+        [Obsolete("No longer used, use `Mandatory` for the property instead. Will be removed in the next major version")]
         public bool IsRequired { get; set; }
     }
 }