diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_unicode.h b/src/lib/eina/eina_unicode.h
index 898f60e700..e58b8532d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_unicode.h
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_unicode.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ static inline Eina_Unicode eina_unicode_utf8_next_get(const char *buf, int *iind
  * @param iindex the index to look at and return by.
  * @return the codepoint found, 0 if @p buf or @p iindex are NULL
  * @since 1.1.0
+ * @deprecated use eina_unicode_utf8_next_get
  */
 EAPI Eina_Unicode eina_unicode_utf8_get_next(const char *buf, int *iindex) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 2) EINA_DEPRECATED;