diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearchservice/KeywordSearchService.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearchservice/KeywordSearchService.java
index 1a9e947b76..733a131239 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearchservice/KeywordSearchService.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearchservice/KeywordSearchService.java
@@ -48,13 +48,19 @@ public interface KeywordSearchService extends Closeable {
      * all of its attributes.
      *
      * @param artifact The artifact to index.
+     * 
+     * @deprecated postArtifact org.sleuthkit.autopsy.datamodel.Blackboard will
+     * take care of this functionality at ingest
      *
      * @throws org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException
      */
+    @Deprecated 
     public void indexArtifact(BlackboardArtifact artifact) throws TskCoreException;
 
     /**
-     * Add the given Content object to the text index.
+     * Add the given Content object to the text index.  This message should only
+     * be used in atypical cases, such as indexing a report.  Artifacts are indexed 
+     * when postArtifact called and files are indexed during ingest.
      *
      * @param content The content to index.
      *