--- a/include/wx/matrix.h
+++ b/include/wx/matrix.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 //  at a certain coordinate and angle within another parent picture.
 //  At all times m_isIdentity is set if the matrix itself is an Identity matrix.
 //  It is used where possible to optimize calculations.
-class
 wxDEPRECATED_EXPORT_CORE("use wxAffineMatrix2D instead")
+class
 wxTransformMatrix: public wxObject
 {
 public: