diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index f2c44c62..39fd9d0b 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
             'Please either remove the describe or add children to it.'
         );
       }
-      return suite;
+      return j$.deprecatingSuiteProxy(suite, suite.parentSuite, this);
     };
 
     this.xdescribe = function(description, specDefinitions) {
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       var suite = suiteFactory(description);
       suite.pend();
       addSpecsToSuite(suite, specDefinitions);
-      return suite;
+      return j$.deprecatingSuiteProxy(suite, suite.parentSuite, this);
     };
 
     var focusedRunnables = [];
@@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       unfocusAncestor();
       addSpecsToSuite(suite, specDefinitions);
 
-      return suite;
+      return j$.deprecatingSuiteProxy(suite, suite.parentSuite, this);
     };
 
     function addSpecsToSuite(suite, specDefinitions) {
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       }
     };
 
-    this.it = function(description, fn, timeout) {
+    this.it_ = function(description, fn, timeout) {
       ensureIsNotNested('it');
       // it() sometimes doesn't have a fn argument, so only check the type if
       // it's given.
@@ -2281,9 +2281,15 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
         spec.pend();
       }
       currentDeclarationSuite.addChild(spec);
+
       return spec;
     };
 
+    this.it = function(description, fn, timeout) {
+      var spec = this.it_(description, fn, timeout);
+      return j$.deprecatingSpecProxy(spec, this);
+    };
+
     this.xit = function(description, fn, timeout) {
       ensureIsNotNested('xit');
       // xit(), like it(), doesn't always have a fn argument, so only check the
@@ -2291,9 +2297,9 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       if (arguments.length > 1 && typeof fn !== 'undefined') {
         ensureIsFunctionOrAsync(fn, 'xit');
       }
-      var spec = this.it.apply(this, arguments);
+      var spec = this.it_.apply(this, arguments);
       spec.pend('Temporarily disabled with xit');
-      return spec;
+      return j$.deprecatingSpecProxy(spec, this);
     };
 
     this.fit = function(description, fn, timeout) {
@@ -2303,7 +2309,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       currentDeclarationSuite.addChild(spec);
       focusedRunnables.push(spec.id);
       unfocusAncestor();
-      return spec;
+      return j$.deprecatingSpecProxy(spec, this);
     };
 
     /**
@@ -3744,7 +3750,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().deprecatingSpecProxy = function(j$) {
     return (
       'Access to private Spec members (in this case `' +
       memberName +
-      '`) via Env#topSuite is not supported and will break in ' +
+      '`) is not supported and will break in ' +
       'a future release. See <https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> ' +
       'for correct usage.'
     );
@@ -3823,7 +3829,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().deprecatingSuiteProxy = function(j$) {
     return (
       'Access to private Suite members (in this case `' +
       memberName +
-      '`) via Env#topSuite is not supported and will break in ' +
+      '`) is not supported and will break in ' +
       'a future release. See <https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> ' +
       'for correct usage.'
     );
diff --git a/spec/core/EnvSpec.js b/spec/core/EnvSpec.js
index d8151ef9..7bf29af6 100644
--- a/spec/core/EnvSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/EnvSpec.js
@@ -106,7 +106,91 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       expect(env.deprecated).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it('deprecates access to internal Suite and Spec members', function() {
+    it('deprecates access to internal Spec members via it(), fit(), and xit()', function() {
+      jasmine.getEnv().requireProxy();
+      spyOn(env, 'deprecated');
+
+      ['it', 'fit', 'xit'].forEach(function(method) {
+        var spec = env[method]('a spec', function() {});
+        expect(env.deprecated).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        spec.pend();
+        expect(env.deprecated)
+          .withContext('via ' + method)
+          .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Access to private Spec members (in this case `pend`) is not ' +
+              'supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
+              '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> for correct usage.'
+          );
+        env.deprecated.calls.reset();
+
+        spec.expectationFactory = {};
+        expect(env.deprecated)
+          .withContext('via ' + method)
+          .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Access to private Spec members (in this case `expectationFactory`) is not ' +
+              'supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
+              '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> for correct usage.'
+          );
+        env.deprecated.calls.reset();
+
+        spec.expectationFactory = {};
+        expect(env.deprecated)
+          .withContext('via ' + method)
+          .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Access to private Spec members (in this case `expectationFactory`) is not ' +
+              'supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
+              '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> for correct usage.'
+          );
+        env.deprecated.calls.reset();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('deprecates access to internal Spec and Suite members via describe(), fdescribe(), and xdescribe()', function() {
+      jasmine.getEnv().requireProxy();
+      spyOn(env, 'deprecated');
+
+      ['describe', 'fdescribe', 'xdescribe'].forEach(function(method) {
+        var suite = env[method]('a suite', function() {
+          env.it('a spec');
+        });
+
+        suite.expectationFactory;
+        expect(env.deprecated)
+          .withContext('via ' + method)
+          .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Access to private Suite ' +
+              'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) is ' +
+              'not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
+              '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> for correct usage.'
+          );
+        env.deprecated.calls.reset();
+
+        suite.expectationFactory = {};
+        expect(env.deprecated)
+          .withContext('via ' + method)
+          .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Access to private Suite ' +
+              'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) is ' +
+              'not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
+              '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> for correct usage.'
+          );
+        env.deprecated.calls.reset();
+
+        suite.status();
+        expect(env.deprecated)
+          .withContext('via ' + method)
+          .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'Access to private Suite ' +
+              'members (in this case `status`) is ' +
+              'not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
+              '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> for correct usage.'
+          );
+        env.deprecated.calls.reset();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('deprecates access to internal Suite and Spec members via topSuite', function() {
       jasmine.getEnv().requireProxy();
       var topSuite, expectationFactory, spec;
 
@@ -117,7 +201,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       topSuite.expectationFactory;
       expect(env.deprecated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'Access to private Suite ' +
-          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) via Env#topSuite is ' +
+          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) is ' +
           'not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
           '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> for correct usage.'
       );
@@ -126,7 +210,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       topSuite.expectationFactory = expectationFactory;
       expect(env.deprecated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'Access to private Suite ' +
-          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) via Env#topSuite is ' +
+          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) is ' +
           'not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
           '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> for correct usage.'
       );
@@ -134,7 +218,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       topSuite.status();
       expect(env.deprecated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'Access to private Suite ' +
-          'members (in this case `status`) via Env#topSuite is ' +
+          'members (in this case `status`) is ' +
           'not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
           '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> for correct usage.'
       );
@@ -143,7 +227,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       spec.pend();
       expect(env.deprecated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'Access to private Spec ' +
-          'members (in this case `pend`) via Env#topSuite ' +
+          'members (in this case `pend`) ' +
           'is not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
           '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> for correct usage.'
       );
@@ -151,7 +235,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       expectationFactory = spec.expectationFactory;
       expect(env.deprecated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'Access to private Spec ' +
-          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) via Env#topSuite ' +
+          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) ' +
           'is not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
           '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> for correct usage.'
       );
@@ -160,7 +244,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
       spec.expectationFactory = expectationFactory;
       expect(env.deprecated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'Access to private Spec ' +
-          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) via Env#topSuite ' +
+          'members (in this case `expectationFactory`) ' +
           'is not supported and will break in a future release. See ' +
           '<https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> for correct usage.'
       );
@@ -347,7 +431,7 @@ describe('Env', function() {
   describe('#xit', function() {
     it('calls spec.pend with "Temporarily disabled with xit"', function() {
       var pendSpy = jasmine.createSpy();
-      spyOn(env, 'it').and.returnValue({
+      spyOn(env, 'it_').and.returnValue({
         pend: pendSpy
       });
       env.xit('foo', function() {});
diff --git a/spec/core/integration/SpecRunningSpec.js b/spec/core/integration/SpecRunningSpec.js
index d6e26104..aa8b79b9 100644
--- a/spec/core/integration/SpecRunningSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/integration/SpecRunningSpec.js
@@ -550,10 +550,17 @@ describe('spec running', function() {
     var pendingSpec,
       suite = env.describe('default current suite', function() {
         pendingSpec = env.it('I am a pending spec');
-      });
+      }),
+      reporter = jasmine.createSpyObj('reporter', ['specDone']);
+
+    env.addReporter(reporter);
 
     env.execute(null, function() {
-      expect(pendingSpec.status()).toBe('pending');
+      expect(reporter.specDone).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          status: 'pending'
+        })
+      );
       done();
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/core/Env.js b/src/core/Env.js
index 8fb10fdb..1efa1d37 100644
--- a/src/core/Env.js
+++ b/src/core/Env.js
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
             'Please either remove the describe or add children to it.'
         );
       }
-      return suite;
+      return j$.deprecatingSuiteProxy(suite, suite.parentSuite, this);
     };
 
     this.xdescribe = function(description, specDefinitions) {
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       var suite = suiteFactory(description);
       suite.pend();
       addSpecsToSuite(suite, specDefinitions);
-      return suite;
+      return j$.deprecatingSuiteProxy(suite, suite.parentSuite, this);
     };
 
     var focusedRunnables = [];
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       unfocusAncestor();
       addSpecsToSuite(suite, specDefinitions);
 
-      return suite;
+      return j$.deprecatingSuiteProxy(suite, suite.parentSuite, this);
     };
 
     function addSpecsToSuite(suite, specDefinitions) {
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       }
     };
 
-    this.it = function(description, fn, timeout) {
+    this.it_ = function(description, fn, timeout) {
       ensureIsNotNested('it');
       // it() sometimes doesn't have a fn argument, so only check the type if
       // it's given.
@@ -1243,9 +1243,15 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
         spec.pend();
       }
       currentDeclarationSuite.addChild(spec);
+
       return spec;
     };
 
+    this.it = function(description, fn, timeout) {
+      var spec = this.it_(description, fn, timeout);
+      return j$.deprecatingSpecProxy(spec, this);
+    };
+
     this.xit = function(description, fn, timeout) {
       ensureIsNotNested('xit');
       // xit(), like it(), doesn't always have a fn argument, so only check the
@@ -1253,9 +1259,9 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       if (arguments.length > 1 && typeof fn !== 'undefined') {
         ensureIsFunctionOrAsync(fn, 'xit');
       }
-      var spec = this.it.apply(this, arguments);
+      var spec = this.it_.apply(this, arguments);
       spec.pend('Temporarily disabled with xit');
-      return spec;
+      return j$.deprecatingSpecProxy(spec, this);
     };
 
     this.fit = function(description, fn, timeout) {
@@ -1265,7 +1271,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().Env = function(j$) {
       currentDeclarationSuite.addChild(spec);
       focusedRunnables.push(spec.id);
       unfocusAncestor();
-      return spec;
+      return j$.deprecatingSpecProxy(spec, this);
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/deprecatingSpecProxy.js b/src/core/deprecatingSpecProxy.js
index 710c86c4..ed80919c 100644
--- a/src/core/deprecatingSpecProxy.js
+++ b/src/core/deprecatingSpecProxy.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().deprecatingSpecProxy = function(j$) {
     return (
       'Access to private Spec members (in this case `' +
       memberName +
-      '`) via Env#topSuite is not supported and will break in ' +
+      '`) is not supported and will break in ' +
       'a future release. See <https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Spec.html> ' +
       'for correct usage.'
     );
diff --git a/src/core/deprecatingSuiteProxy.js b/src/core/deprecatingSuiteProxy.js
index d92aac8b..e3cf8999 100644
--- a/src/core/deprecatingSuiteProxy.js
+++ b/src/core/deprecatingSuiteProxy.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().deprecatingSuiteProxy = function(j$) {
     return (
       'Access to private Suite members (in this case `' +
       memberName +
-      '`) via Env#topSuite is not supported and will break in ' +
+      '`) is not supported and will break in ' +
       'a future release. See <https://jasmine.github.io/api/edge/Suite.html> ' +
       'for correct usage.'
     );