diff --git a/src/PVE/Tools.pm b/src/PVE/Tools.pm
index 1f0ec75..1fe7f4c 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Tools.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Tools.pm
@@ -977,6 +977,8 @@ sub decode_text {
     return Encode::decode("utf8", uri_unescape($data));
 }
 
+# depreciated - do not use!
+# we now decode all parameters by default
 sub decode_utf8_parameters {
     my ($param) = @_;