diff --git a/Modules/timingmodule.c b/Modules/timingmodule.c
index 56e057a..0da5c6b 100644
--- a/Modules/timingmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timingmodule.c
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC inittiming(void)
 {
+    if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("the timing module has been removed in "
+                        "Python 3.0; use time.clock() instead", 2) < 0)
+        return;
+    
 	(void)Py_InitModule("timing", timing_methods);
 }