diff --git a/binary/binary.go b/binary/binary.go
index 912aeeb..23c1612 100644
--- a/binary/binary.go
+++ b/binary/binary.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 )
 
+// Deprecated -- the encoding used here is not very elegant, we'll have a better binary format later.
 func UnmarshalBinary(data []byte, evt *Event) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func UnmarshalBinary(data []byte, evt *Event) (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
+// Deprecated -- the encoding used here is not very elegant, we'll have a better binary format later.
 func MarshalBinary(evt *Event) []byte {
 	content := []byte(evt.Content)
 	buf := make([]byte, 32+32+64+4+2+2+len(content)+65536 /* blergh */)
diff --git a/binary/hybrid.go b/binary/hybrid.go
index 7c3e79a..f38a6ca 100644
--- a/binary/hybrid.go
+++ b/binary/hybrid.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 )
 
+// Deprecated -- the encoding used here is not very elegant, we'll have a better binary format later.
 func Unmarshal(data []byte, evt *nostr.Event) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func Unmarshal(data []byte, evt *nostr.Event) (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
+// Deprecated -- the encoding used here is not very elegant, we'll have a better binary format later.
 func Marshal(evt *nostr.Event) ([]byte, error) {
 	content := []byte(evt.Content)
 	buf := make([]byte, 32+32+64+4+2+2+len(content)+65536+len(evt.Tags)*40 /* blergh */)