diff --git a/Tools/README b/Tools/README
index 404ba4d..97b3823 100644
--- a/Tools/README
+++ b/Tools/README
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 bgen		Generate complete extension modules from a
 		description.  Still under development!
+                WARNING: bgen has been removed in 3.0
 
 compiler	Tools used to maintain the compiler package in the
 		standard library.
diff --git a/Tools/bgen/README b/Tools/bgen/README
index 70700c6..3cf9069 100644
--- a/Tools/bgen/README
+++ b/Tools/bgen/README
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 complete source code for Python extension module.  For examples of its
 use, see the Mac Python source distribution (available separately
 from the Python ftp archives).  Note that BGEN is not Mac specific!
+
+WARNING: bgen has been removed in 3.0.