diff --git a/src/free.rs b/src/free.rs
index f698fd3db..9b535d357 100644
--- a/src/free.rs
+++ b/src/free.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ pub fn rev<I>(iterable: I) -> iter::Rev<I::IntoIter>
     iterable.into_iter().rev()
 }
 
-/// `zip()` returns a new array where each element is a tuple consisting 
+/// Returns an iterator pairing two arrays together in lock step.
+///
+/// `zip()` returns an iterator where each element is a tuple consisting 
 /// of elements from the _first_ and _second_ array. The returned array has as many elements
 /// as the shortest of the two arrays passed in.
 ///
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ pub fn rev<I>(iterable: I) -> iter::Rev<I::IntoIter>
 /// }
 /// assert_eq!(result, vec![(1, 'a'),(2, 'b'),(3, 'c')]);
 /// ```
+#[deprecated(note="Use std::iter::zip instead", since="1.59.0")]
 pub fn zip<I, J>(i: I, j: J) -> Zip<I::IntoIter, J::IntoIter>
     where I: IntoIterator,
           J: IntoIterator