diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java
index 2343091288..190843f240 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/StreamingPayload.java
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ import org.jclouds.io.WriteTo;
  * streaming while Amazon S3 does not.
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
+ * @deprecated use ByteSourcePayload or InputStreamPayload instead (will be removed in jclouds 1.8)
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class StreamingPayload implements Payload {
 
    protected transient volatile boolean written;