Note that as generates a warning too
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b9c424b..fb248bf 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
- PEP 343: with statement implemented. Needs 'from __future__ import
with_statement'. Use of 'with' as a variable will generate a warning.
+ Use of 'as' as a variable will also generate a warning (unless its
+ part of an import statement).
- Fix the encodings package codec search function to only search
inside its own package. Fixes problem reported in patch #1433198.