diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/protocol/ClientContextConfigurer.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/protocol/ClientContextConfigurer.java
index cdb35f1ab..59a9f6f21 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/protocol/ClientContextConfigurer.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/protocol/ClientContextConfigurer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.client.CookieStore;
 import org.apache.http.client.CredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.CookieSpecRegistry;
+import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
 
 /**
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ public void setCredentialsProvider(final CredentialsProvider provider) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated to be replaced with a special parameter in 4.1
+     * @deprecated (4.1-alpha1) Use {@link HttpParams#setParameter(String, Object)} to set the parameters
+     * {@link org.apache.http.auth.params.AuthPNames#TARGET_AUTH_PREF AuthPNames#TARGET_AUTH_PREF} and 
+     * {@link org.apache.http.auth.params.AuthPNames#PROXY_AUTH_PREF AuthPNames#PROXY_AUTH_PREF} instead
      */
     @Deprecated
     public void setAuthSchemePref(final List<String> list) {