diff --git a/sam/cloudfront/template.yml b/sam/cloudfront/template.yml
index f3a78d7..5619daa 100644
--- a/sam/cloudfront/template.yml
+++ b/sam/cloudfront/template.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Transform: "AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31"
 Metadata:
   AWS::ServerlessRepo::Application:
     Name: serverless-iiif-cloudfront
-    Description: IIIF Image API 2.1/3.0 server in an AWS Serverless Application (w/CloudFront Caching)
+    Description: (Deprecated) IIIF Image API 2.1/3.0 server in an AWS Serverless Application (w/CloudFront Caching)
     Author: Samvera
     SpdxLicenseId: Apache-2.0
     LicenseUrl: ../../LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/sam/standalone/template.yml b/sam/standalone/template.yml
index 5f3088f..9a05569 100644
--- a/sam/standalone/template.yml
+++ b/sam/standalone/template.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Transform: "AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31"
 Metadata:
   AWS::ServerlessRepo::Application:
     Name: serverless-iiif-standalone
-    Description: Passthrough template to install serverless-iiif
+    Description: (Deprecated) Passthrough template to install serverless-iiif
     Author: Samvera
     SpdxLicenseId: Apache-2.0
     LicenseUrl: ../../LICENSE.txt