Ticket 12710
minor #12732 Ticket 12710 (ioannah)

This PR was squashed before being merged into the 2.7 branch (closes #12732).

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Ticket 12710

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | yes
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | #12710
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        |

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