diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 733a0fbb..58f39b3b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.23.2 (unreleased)
  * qt: Build Qt 6 bindings with -fPIC if requested or Qt 6 was built with
    this flag. [T6781]
 
+ * Interface changes relative to the 1.23.1 release:
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ qt: DefaultKeyGenerationJob     DEPRECATED.
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.23.1 (2023-10-27)
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lang/qt/src/defaultkeygenerationjob.h b/lang/qt/src/defaultkeygenerationjob.h
index 0bc7b610..8bbbe34a 100644
--- a/lang/qt/src/defaultkeygenerationjob.h
+++ b/lang/qt/src/defaultkeygenerationjob.h
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ namespace QGpgME{
 
 /**
  * Generates a PGP RSA/2048 bit key pair for given name and email address.
+ *
+ * This job is deprecated. Use QuickJob::startCreate instead.
  */
-class QGPGME_EXPORT DefaultKeyGenerationJob : public Job
+class QGPGME_DEPRECATED_EXPORT DefaultKeyGenerationJob : public Job
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public: