diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e6fc808f1b9..400b63161e3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
 
 Core and builtins
 
+- Complex numbers supported divmod() and the // and % operators, but
+  these make no sense.  Since this was documented, they're being
+  deprecated now.
+
 - String methods lstrip(), rstrip() and strip() now take an optional
   argument that specifies the characters to strip.  For example,
   "Foo!!!?!?!?".rstrip("?!") -> "Foo".