diff --git a/apps/ministreaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/I2PSocketManagerImpl.java b/apps/ministreaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/I2PSocketManagerImpl.java
index e01b28fb041b7f02956a996001eccfb9bbc95d80..fb2589b52bdc5ec2ed1d0e2368e17f13845c3099 100644
--- a/apps/ministreaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/I2PSocketManagerImpl.java
+++ b/apps/ministreaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/I2PSocketManagerImpl.java
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ class I2PSocketManagerImpl implements I2PSocketManager, I2PSessionListener {
      * Ping the specified peer, returning true if they replied to the ping within 
      * the timeout specified, false otherwise.  This call blocks.
      *
+     * @deprecated timeout is ignored - use I2PSocketManagerFull.ping()
+     * @param timeoutMs ignored
      */
     public boolean ping(Destination peer, long timeoutMs) {
         try {