1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
index 1438adedbc83..bd501046c9c0 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 config IEEE80211
-        tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack"
+        tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (DEPRECATED)"
         ---help---
         This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
-        networking stack.
+        networking stack.  This component is deprecated in favor of the
+        mac80211 component.
 
 config IEEE80211_DEBUG
         bool "Enable full debugging output"