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For deployments, the documentation for  `flow_name` state:
&gt; Deprecated: The name of a flow that has been registered in the `.prefect`<https://docs.prefect.io/2.11.4/concepts/deployments/#the-prefect-directory| directory>. Either `flow_name` *or* `entrypoint` is required.
( <https://docs.prefect.io/2.11.4/concepts/deployments/#deployment-declaration-reference> )

However, in the source code, a deployment without a `flow_name` always raises a `ValueError`:
```        if not self.name or not self.flow_name:
            raise ValueError("Both a deployment name and flow name must be set.")```
( <https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/blob/2.11.4/src/prefect/deployments/deployments.py#L686> )

Am I misreading the documentation, or should this be raised as an issue on github?

Hi <@U02SF2U0BK6>, that looks to be a documentation issue! Thanks for pointing that out. We’ll get a fix in for it.

Thanks! Opened <https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/issues/10475> .

Thanks so much! A PR is up for review:
<https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/10477>

The PR is merged :slightly_smiling_face: I’ll go ahead and mark this thread as completed :wave: