diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/choice.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/choice.ts
index cd10a4fad1c34..b27f046c4c1d2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/choice.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/choice.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface ChoiceProps {
   /**
    * JSONPath expression to select part of the state to be the input to this state.
    *
-   * May also be the special value DISCARD, which will cause the effective
+   * May also be the special value JsonPath.DISCARD, which will cause the effective
    * input to be the empty object {}.
    *
    * @default $
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface ChoiceProps {
   /**
    * JSONPath expression to select part of the state to be the output to this state.
    *
-   * May also be the special value DISCARD, which will cause the effective
+   * May also be the special value JsonPath.DISCARD, which will cause the effective
    * output to be the empty object {}.
    *
    * @default $
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/state.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/state.ts
index f5d8abe8ea2bf..66165ebd7f198 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/state.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/state.ts
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ export function renderList<T>(xs: T[], mapFn: (x: T) => any, sortFn?: (a: T, b:
 }
 
 /**
- * Render JSON path, respecting the special value DISCARD
+ * Render JSON path, respecting the special value JsonPath.DISCARD
  */
 export function renderJsonPath(jsonPath?: string): undefined | null | string {
   if (jsonPath === undefined) { return undefined; }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/types.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/types.ts
index 3a496ab4cf20e..6c3196097c88b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/types.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export interface CatchProps {
   /**
    * JSONPath expression to indicate where to inject the error data
    *
-   * May also be the special value DISCARD, which will cause the error
+   * May also be the special value JsonPath.DISCARD, which will cause the error
    * data to be discarded.
    *
    * @default $
@@ -156,5 +156,6 @@ export interface CatchProps {
 
 /**
  * Special string value to discard state input, output or result
+ * @deprecated use JsonPath.DISCARD
  */
-export const DISCARD = 'DISCARD';
+export const DISCARD = 'DISCARD';
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