diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
@@ -292,0 +293,17 @@
+   * Sets whether the field is queryable.
+   *
+   * @param bool $queryable
+   *   Whether the field is queryable.
+   *
+   * @return static
+   *   The object itself for chaining.
+   *
+   * @deprecated in Drupal 8.4.x and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use
+   *   \Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition::setCustomStorage() instead.
+   */
+  public function setQueryable($queryable) {
+    $this->definition['queryable'] = $queryable;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  /**
diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldStorageDefinitionInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldStorageDefinitionInterface.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldStorageDefinitionInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldStorageDefinitionInterface.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
    * @return bool
    *   TRUE if the field is queryable.
    *
-   * @deprecated in Drupal 8.4.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use
+   * @deprecated in Drupal 8.4.x and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use
    *   \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface::hasCustomStorage()
    *   instead.
    */