diff --git a/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkAnatomicalOrientation.h b/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkAnatomicalOrientation.h
index 581d10fa7ab..e9fafe98332 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkAnatomicalOrientation.h
+++ b/Modules/Core/Common/include/itkAnatomicalOrientation.h
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class ITKCommon_EXPORT AnatomicalOrientation
    *
    * @param legacyOrientation
    */
-#  ifdef ITK_LEGACY_REMOVE
+#  if defined(ITK_LEGACY_REMOVE) && !defined(ITK_LEGACY_SILENT)
   [[deprecated("Use the AnatomicalOrientation::FromEnum type instead.")]]
 #  endif
   AnatomicalOrientation(LegacyOrientationType legacyOrientation);
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class ITKCommon_EXPORT AnatomicalOrientation
   static AnatomicalOrientation
   CreateFromFromStringEncoding(std::string str);
 
-  /** An involution to convert between "to" and "from" single charactor encoding strings.
+  /** An involution to convert between "to" and "from" single character encoding strings.
    *
    * For example the string "RAS" is converted to "LPI" and vice versa.
    *