diff --git a/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet174.java b/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet174.java
index cd5ceff..faf7b25 100644
--- a/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet174.java
+++ b/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet174.java
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 import org.eclipse.swt.opengl.*;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated 
+ * This snippet is being deprecated as the org.eclipse.swt.opengl plugin it needs
+ * is not available anymore.
+ *
+ */
 public class Snippet174 {
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {