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diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
index 3cbad76..68e3f19 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ class ArrayType;
class VarLenType;
/*! \class CommonFG
- \brief \a CommonFG is an abstract base class of H5File and H5Group.
-
- It provides common operations of H5File and H5Group.
+ \brief \a CommonFG is an abstract base class of H5Group.
*/
+/* Note: This class is being deprecated gradually. */
class H5_DLLCPP CommonFG {
public:
// Opens a generic named datatype in this location.
@@ -87,3 +86,12 @@ class H5_DLLCPP CommonFG {
#endif // __CommonFG_H
+/***************************************************************************
+ Design Note
+ ===========
+
+September 2017:
+
+ This class used to be base class of H5File as well, until the
+ restructure that moved H5File to be subclass of H5Group.
+*/