diff --git a/Doc/lib/libwhrandom.tex b/Doc/lib/libwhrandom.tex
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--- a/Doc/lib/libwhrandom.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libwhrandom.tex
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 \declaremodule{standard}{whrandom}
 \modulesynopsis{Floating point pseudo-random number generator.}
 
-\strong{Note:}  This module is an implementation detail of the
-\refmodule{random} module.  Please do not use this module directly.
+\deprecated{2.1}{Use \refmodule{random} instead.}
+
+\strong{Note:}  This module was an implementation detail of the
+\refmodule{random} module in releases of Python prior to 2.1.  It is
+no longer used.  Please do not use this module directly; use
+\refmodule{random} instead.
 
 This module implements a Wichmann-Hill pseudo-random number generator
 class that is also named \class{whrandom}.  Instances of the