diff --git a/plugins/parsers/registry.go b/plugins/parsers/registry.go
index 048eb2308..aa8b87329 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/registry.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func newJSONParser(
 	return parser, nil
 }
 
+//Deprecated: Use NewParser to get a JSONParser object
 func NewJSONParser(
 	metricName string,
 	tagKeys []string,