diff --git a/udkapi/com/sun/star/java/JavaVirtualMachine.idl b/udkapi/com/sun/star/java/JavaVirtualMachine.idl
index 4afdf1a02fe6..3b9cbfe65bba 100644
--- a/udkapi/com/sun/star/java/JavaVirtualMachine.idl
+++ b/udkapi/com/sun/star/java/JavaVirtualMachine.idl
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
  *
  *  $RCSfile: JavaVirtualMachine.idl,v $
  *
- *  $Revision: 1.8 $
+ *  $Revision: 1.9 $
  *
- *  last change: $Author: hr $ $Date: 2003-03-27 17:35:37 $
+ *  last change: $Author: obo $ $Date: 2004-03-19 13:17:53 $
  *
  *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to the terms of
  *  either of the following licenses
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ interface XJavaThreadRegister_11;
 
 // DocMerge from xml: service com::sun::star::java::JavaVirtualMachine
 /** exports interfaces to handle a JavaVM and Java threads.
+
+    @deprecated
+    A UNO service seems to be at the wrong abstraction level for this
+    functionality.  This should probably be replaced by an appropriate C/C++
+    API.
  */
 service JavaVirtualMachine
 {