diff --git a/Doc/tools/extensions/patchlevel.py b/Doc/tools/extensions/patchlevel.py
index bca2eb8bad7..9558b9ce433 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/patchlevel.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/patchlevel.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def get_version_info():
         return get_header_version_info('.')
     except (IOError, OSError):
         version, release = get_sys_version_info()
-        print >>sys.stderr, 'Can\'t get version info from Include/patchlevel.h, ' \
-              'using version of this interpreter (%s).' % release
+        print('Can\'t get version info from Include/patchlevel.h, ' \
+              'using version of this interpreter (%s).' % release, file=sys.stderr)
         return version, release
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 768ba4b1e0e..faec6f980bd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ C API
   available only when Py_LIMITED_API is set to the PY_VERSION_HEX value of
   the minimum Python version supporting this API.
 
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #29349: Fix Python 2 syntax in code for building the documentation.
+
 Tests
 -----