diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermEnum.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermEnum.java
index ed26a999854..735ee9cde69 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermEnum.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermEnum.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ public abstract class TermEnum {
   /** Closes the enumeration to further activity, freeing resources. */
   public abstract void close() throws IOException;
   
-// Term Vector support
-  
   /** Skips terms to the first beyond the current whose value is
    * greater or equal to <i>target</i>. <p>Returns true iff there is such
    * an entry.  <p>Behaves as if written: <pre>
@@ -52,6 +50,9 @@ public abstract class TermEnum {
    * </pre>
    * Some implementations *could* be considerably more efficient than a linear scan.
    * Check the implementation to be sure.
+   * @deprecated This method is not performant and will be removed in Lucene 3.0.
+   * Use {@link IndexReader#terms(Term)} to create a new TermEnum positioned at a
+   * given term.
    */
   public boolean skipTo(Term target) throws IOException {
      do {