diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
index 750a6d4fadaf..3eab3cc10d35 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
@@ -2842,6 +2842,11 @@ MFC 5.1 Control IDs
 ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_MFC51_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE``
     (enum)
 
+    .. note::
+
+       This control is deprecated. Use the standard
+       ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE`` control instead.
+
 enum v4l2_mpeg_mfc51_video_frame_skip_mode -
     Indicates in what conditions the encoder should skip frames. If
     encoding a frame would cause the encoded stream to be larger then a