diff --git a/src/Generator/SodiumRandomGenerator.php b/src/Generator/SodiumRandomGenerator.php
index 6b08f54..3de53fa 100644
--- a/src/Generator/SodiumRandomGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Generator/SodiumRandomGenerator.php
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ namespace Ramsey\Uuid\Generator;
  * SodiumRandomGenerator provides functionality to generate strings of random
  * binary data using the PECL libsodium extension
  *
+ * @deprecated 4.0.0 As of PHP 7.2.0, the libsodium extension is bundled with
+ *     PHP, and the random_bytes() PHP function is now the recommended method
+ *     for generating random byes. The default RandomBytesGenerator uses the
+ *     random_bytes() function.
  * @link http://pecl.php.net/package/libsodium
  * @link https://paragonie.com/book/pecl-libsodium
  */