diff --git a/Lib/whrandom.py b/Lib/whrandom.py
index a3a9bf7f5e1..d4c07e3260d 100644
--- a/Lib/whrandom.py
+++ b/Lib/whrandom.py
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 # Translated by Guido van Rossum from C source provided by
 # Adrian Baddeley.
 
+import warnings
+warnings.warn("the whrandom module is deprecated; please use random",
+              DeprecationWarning)
+del warnings
+
 
 class whrandom:
     def __init__(self, x = 0, y = 0, z = 0):