From 62e667e2eb3102dc91472ac547c2df616cf0027c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dmiller <dmiller@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:31:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mark stdnse.format_output as deprecated

---
 nselib/stdnse.lua | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nselib/stdnse.lua b/nselib/stdnse.lua
index 7100370fd..4949e3927 100644
--- a/nselib/stdnse.lua
+++ b/nselib/stdnse.lua
@@ -783,7 +783,11 @@ local function format_output_sub(status, data, indent)
   return concat(output)
 end
 
----Takes a table of output on the commandline and formats it for display to the
+---This function is deprecated.
+--
+-- Please use structured NSE output instead: https://nmap.org/book/nse-api.html#nse-structured-output
+--
+-- Takes a table of output on the commandline and formats it for display to the
 -- user.
 --
 -- This is basically done by converting an array of nested tables into a