diff --git a/secure/master/userinfo.c b/secure/master/userinfo.c
index fba781f..bde7788 100644
--- a/secure/master/userinfo.c
+++ b/secure/master/userinfo.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 }
 
 // Daten aus der Userlist fuer diesen User liefern. Macht ggf. find_userinfo()
-public mixed *get_userinfo(string user) {
+public deprecated mixed *get_userinfo(string user) {
   if(!user||user=="")
     return 0;
   user=explode(user,".")[0];
diff --git a/sys/userinfo.h b/sys/userinfo.h
index c1b50af..276a72d 100644
--- a/sys/userinfo.h
+++ b/sys/userinfo.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
  * Important: these are the *internal* field indices. When obtained by
  *            get_userinfo(), the fields in the resulting array are off by +1,
  *            i.e. to get the level, you need to index with USER_LEVEL+1.
- *            TODO: change that and use either correct additional defines or a
- *            TODO::new data structure.
+ *            Therefore get_userinfo() is currently deprecated in favor
+ *            of query_userlist().
  */
 
 /* password (encrypted) */