diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
index 5a408b29f9337..23d547c2820fa 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
@@ -305,6 +305,24 @@ class Column(val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
     */
   def =!= (other: Any): Column = withExpr{ Not(EqualTo(expr, lit(other).expr)) }
 
+  /**
+   * Inequality test.
+   * {{{
+   *   // Scala:
+   *   df.select( df("colA") !== df("colB") )
+   *   df.select( !(df("colA") === df("colB")) )
+   *
+   *   // Java:
+   *   import static org.apache.spark.sql.functions.*;
+   *   df.filter( col("colA").notEqual(col("colB")) );
+   * }}}
+   *
+   * @group expr_ops
+   * @since 1.3.0
+    */
+  @deprecated("!== does not have the same precedence as ===, use =!= instead", "2.0.0")
+  def !== (other: Any): Column = this =!= other
+
   /**
    * Inequality test.
    * {{{