#9424: add a DeprecationWarning for assertEquals, assertNotEquals, assertAlmostEquals, assertNotAlmostEquals, and assert_
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index efbae8b..b9ecb42 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@
Tests
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-- Issue #9424: Replace deprecated assert* methods in the Python test suite.
+- Issue #9424: Deprecate the `unittest.TestCase` methods `assertEquals`,
+ `assertNotEquals`, `assertAlmostEquals`, `assertNotAlmostEquals` and `assert_`
+ and replace them with the correct methods in the Python test suite.
- Do not fail test_socket when the IP address of the local hostname
cannot be looked up.