bpo-41282: Add deprecation warning and docs for distutils (PEP 632) (GH-24355)
diff --git a/Doc/library/distutils.rst b/Doc/library/distutils.rst
index 62abc85..31c4ae5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/distutils.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/distutils.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
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+:mod:`distutils` is deprecated with removal planned for Python 3.12.
+See the :ref:`What's New <distutils-deprecated>` entry for more information.
+
+--------------
+
The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing
additional modules into a Python installation. The new modules may be either
100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be