diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js b/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js
index e04ab55ffc0d8..7bd72f185d0dd 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ class WebSocketManager extends EventEmitter {
      */
     this.destroyed = false;
 
-    /**
-     * @external WSWebSocketManager
-     * @see {@link https://discord.js.org/docs/packages/ws/stable/WebSocketManager:Class}
-     */
-
     /**
      * The internal WebSocketManager from `@discordjs/ws`.
      * @type {WSWebSocketManager}
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketShard.js b/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketShard.js
index 76319def7e823..babca23f20fc0 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketShard.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/client/websocket/WebSocketShard.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const { GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord-api-types/v10');
 const Status = require('../../util/Status');
 const WebSocketShardEvents = require('../../util/WebSocketShardEvents');
 
+let deprecationEmittedForImportant = false;
 /**
  * Represents a Shard's WebSocket connection
  * @extends {EventEmitter}
@@ -216,11 +217,12 @@ class WebSocketShard extends EventEmitter {
    * <warn>This parameter is **deprecated**. Important payloads are determined by their opcode instead.</warn>
    */
   send(data, important = false) {
-    if (important) {
+    if (important && !deprecationEmittedForImportant) {
       process.emitWarning(
         'Sending important payloads explicitly is deprecated. They are determined by their opcode implicitly now.',
         'DeprecationWarning',
       );
+      deprecationEmittedForImportant = true;
     }
     this.manager._ws.send(this.id, data);
   }