diff --git a/mail/mutt-lite/Makefile b/mail/mutt-lite/Makefile
index 7c5d6d36f8dd..55cf710d3ba2 100644
--- a/mail/mutt-lite/Makefile
+++ b/mail/mutt-lite/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # Just to get a mutt-devel-lite pkg on pkg cluster
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../mutt
 
+DEPRECATED=	For a lite version of mutt build mail/mutt with less (or zero) options
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2018-10-01
 COMMENT=	The Mongrel of Mail User Agents (development version, lite package)
 
 CONFLICTS=	ja-mutt-[0-9]* ja-mutt-devel-[0-9]* mutt-[0-9]* mutt-devel-[0-9]* mutt-lite-1.4* zh-mutt-devel-[0-9]*