diff --git a/clutter/clutter-texture.c b/clutter/clutter-texture.c
index 53bdb1be9..b8a803525 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-texture.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-texture.c
@@ -1666,9 +1666,20 @@ clutter_texture_set_from_rgb_data (ClutterTexture       *texture,
  * Sets a #ClutterTexture from YUV image data. If an error occurred,
  * %FALSE is returned and @error is set.
  *
+ * The YUV support depends on the driver; the format supported by the
+ * few drivers exposing this capability are not really useful.
+ *
+ * The proper way to convert image data in any YUV colorspace to any
+ * RGB colorspace is to use a fragment shader associated with the
+ * #ClutterTexture material.
+ *
  * Return value: %TRUE if the texture was successfully updated
  *
  * Since: 0.4
+ *
+ * Deprecated: 1.10: Use clutter_texture_get_cogl_material() and
+ *   the Cogl API to install a fragment shader for decoding YUV
+ *   formats on the GPU
  */
 gboolean
 clutter_texture_set_from_yuv_data (ClutterTexture     *texture,
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-texture.h b/clutter/clutter-texture.h
index c766a3ded..70f8ca382 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-texture.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter-texture.h
@@ -142,12 +142,6 @@ gboolean             clutter_texture_set_from_rgb_data      (ClutterTexture
                                                              gint                    bpp,
                                                              ClutterTextureFlags     flags,
                                                              GError                **error);
-gboolean              clutter_texture_set_from_yuv_data     (ClutterTexture         *texture,
-                                                             const guchar           *data,
-                                                             gint                    width,
-                                                             gint                    height,
-                                                             ClutterTextureFlags     flags,
-                                                             GError                **error);
 gboolean             clutter_texture_set_area_from_rgb_data (ClutterTexture         *texture,
                                                              const guchar           *data,
                                                              gboolean                has_alpha,
@@ -159,6 +153,15 @@ gboolean             clutter_texture_set_area_from_rgb_data (ClutterTexture
                                                              gint                    bpp,
                                                              ClutterTextureFlags     flags,
                                                              GError                **error);
+
+CLUTTER_DEPRECATED
+gboolean              clutter_texture_set_from_yuv_data     (ClutterTexture         *texture,
+                                                             const guchar           *data,
+                                                             gint                    width,
+                                                             gint                    height,
+                                                             ClutterTextureFlags     flags,
+                                                             GError                **error);
+
 void                  clutter_texture_get_base_size         (ClutterTexture         *texture,
                                                              gint                   *width,
                                                              gint                   *height);