Added doc-string

PennyLaneAI · Oct 16, 2023 · a22a883 · a22a883
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@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ class ApproxTimeEvolution(Operation):
     r"""Applies the Trotterized time-evolution operator for an arbitrary Hamiltonian, expressed in terms
     of Pauli gates.
 
+        .. note::
+
+            This operation behaves identically to :class:`~pennylane.TrotterProduct` and will be deprecated in
+            future releases, please use :class:`~pennylane.TrotterProduct` as the prefered operation for this
+            functionality.
+
     The general time-evolution operator for a time-independent Hamiltonian is given by
 
     .. math:: U(t) \ = \ e^{-i H t},