diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index b9417e6a..0578a316 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -7295,6 +7295,8 @@ Default value: `$prometheus::env_file_path`
 
 This module manages prometheus nginx_vts_exporter
 
+* **Note** This class is deprecated.
+
 #### Parameters
 
 The following parameters are available in the `prometheus::nginx_vts_exporter` class:
diff --git a/manifests/nginx_vts_exporter.pp b/manifests/nginx_vts_exporter.pp
index 3a411255..177732d6 100644
--- a/manifests/nginx_vts_exporter.pp
+++ b/manifests/nginx_vts_exporter.pp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #  Optional proxy server, with port number if needed. ie: https://example.com:8080
 # @param proxy_type
 #  Optional proxy server type (none|http|https|ftp)
+# @note
+#    This class is deprecated.
 class prometheus::nginx_vts_exporter (
   String           $nginx_scrape_uri,
   String           $download_extension,
@@ -90,6 +92,12 @@
     default => undef,
   }
 
+  deprecation(
+    'prometheus::nginx_vts_exporter',
+    'nginx_vts_exporter exporter is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. See https://github.com/sysulq/nginx-vts-exporter/issues/93',
+    false
+  )
+
   $options = "-nginx.scrape_uri=\"${nginx_scrape_uri}\" ${extra_options}"
 
   prometheus::daemon { 'nginx-vts-exporter':