diff --git a/textproc/sgrep/Makefile b/textproc/sgrep/Makefile
index 4a139dbb1023..4b31fef5ea73 100644
--- a/textproc/sgrep/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/sgrep/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	sgrep
 PORTVERSION=	0.99
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Local/Sgrep/ \
 		LOCAL/jkoshy
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Grep for structured text like SGML and HTML
 WWW=		https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jjaakkol/sgrep.html
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, primary site is dead and according to website not touched in 20 years. Consider migrating to textproc/p5-ack 
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-12-31
+
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^0\.
 CONFLICTS=	sgrep2-1.*
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/sgrep share/man/man1/sgrep.1.gz share/sgreprc
 # Override the install target in the supplied makefile
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/sgrep ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/sgrep.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/sample.sgreprc ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/sgreprc
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>