deprecated mimetools
diff --git a/Doc/library/mimetools.rst b/Doc/library/mimetools.rst
index 7813867..da34173 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mimetools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mimetools.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
.. deprecated:: 2.3
The :mod:`email` package should be used in preference to the :mod:`mimetools`
- module. This module is present only to maintain backward compatibility.
+ module. This module is present only to maintain backward compatibility, and
+ it has been removed in 3.x.
.. index:: module: rfc822