diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index 598d5fce..dfe0ad10 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -2501,6 +2501,7 @@ limit repetitive logging of similar message types.
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-compress [algorithm]
+.B DEPRECATED
 Enable a compression algorithm.
 
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