deprecated mimetools
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 77eebef..4a93ba7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- The mimetools module has been deprecated for removal in 3.0.
+
 - The ctypes.byref function now takes an optional second parameter
   which allows to specify an offset in bytes for the constructed
   pointer-like object.