diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumper.php
index 44cc9ea9ab79b..f78bc7c3a258b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumper.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ private function writeNode(NodeInterface $node, $depth = 0, $root = false, $name
                     }
 
                     if ($child->isDeprecated()) {
-                        $comments[] = sprintf('Deprecated (%s)', $child->getDeprecationMessage($child->getName(), $child->getPath()));
+                        $comments[] = sprintf('Deprecated (%s)', $child->getDeprecationMessage($child->getName(), $node->getPath()));
                     }
 
                     if ($child instanceof EnumNode) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumper.php
index 8f51087de9fc2..5a0e76c5255a3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumper.php
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ public function dumpNode(NodeInterface $node)
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param NodeInterface $node
-     * @param int           $depth
-     * @param bool          $prototypedArray
+     * @param NodeInterface      $node
+     * @param NodeInterface|null $parentNode
+     * @param int                $depth
+     * @param bool               $prototypedArray
      */
-    private function writeNode(NodeInterface $node, $depth = 0, $prototypedArray = false)
+    private function writeNode(NodeInterface $node, NodeInterface $parentNode = null, $depth = 0, $prototypedArray = false)
     {
         $comments = array();
         $default = '';
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ private function writeNode(NodeInterface $node, $depth = 0, $prototypedArray = f
 
         // deprecated?
         if ($node->isDeprecated()) {
-            $comments[] = sprintf('Deprecated (%s)', $node->getDeprecationMessage($node->getName(), $node->getPath()));
+            $comments[] = sprintf('Deprecated (%s)', $node->getDeprecationMessage($node->getName(), $parentNode ? $parentNode->getPath() : $node->getPath()));
         }
 
         // example
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ private function writeNode(NodeInterface $node, $depth = 0, $prototypedArray = f
 
         if ($children) {
             foreach ($children as $childNode) {
-                $this->writeNode($childNode, $depth + 1, $node instanceof PrototypedArrayNode && !$node->getKeyAttribute());
+                $this->writeNode($childNode, $node, $depth + 1, $node instanceof PrototypedArrayNode && !$node->getKeyAttribute());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumperTest.php
index 3123c9740a24c..5bc961bab65cf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/XmlReferenceDumperTest.php
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ private function getConfigurationAsString()
         return str_replace("\n", PHP_EOL, <<<'EOL'
 <!-- Namespace: http://example.org/schema/dic/acme_root -->
 <!-- scalar-required: Required -->
-<!-- scalar-deprecated: Deprecated (The child node "scalar_deprecated" at path "acme_root.scalar_deprecated" is deprecated.) -->
-<!-- scalar-deprecated-with-message: Deprecated (Deprecation custom message for "scalar_deprecated_with_message" at "acme_root.scalar_deprecated_with_message") -->
+<!-- scalar-deprecated: Deprecated (The child node "scalar_deprecated" at path "acme_root" is deprecated.) -->
+<!-- scalar-deprecated-with-message: Deprecated (Deprecation custom message for "scalar_deprecated_with_message" at "acme_root") -->
 <!-- enum-with-default: One of "this"; "that" -->
 <!-- enum: One of "this"; "that" -->
 <config
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumperTest.php
index f28872e00efcf..bf4db95f41543 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Definition/Dumper/YamlReferenceDumperTest.php
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ private function getConfigurationAsString()
         - elem1
         - elem2
     scalar_required:      ~ # Required
-    scalar_deprecated:    ~ # Deprecated (The child node "scalar_deprecated" at path "acme_root.scalar_deprecated" is deprecated.)
-    scalar_deprecated_with_message: ~ # Deprecated (Deprecation custom message for "scalar_deprecated_with_message" at "acme_root.scalar_deprecated_with_message")
+    scalar_deprecated:    ~ # Deprecated (The child node "scalar_deprecated" at path "acme_root" is deprecated.)
+    scalar_deprecated_with_message: ~ # Deprecated (Deprecation custom message for "scalar_deprecated_with_message" at "acme_root")
     node_with_a_looong_name: ~
     enum_with_default:    this # One of "this"; "that"
     enum:                 ~ # One of "this"; "that"