diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bf19b25c48e..5aaeda0f7fa 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- bpo-9850: The :mod:`macpath` is now deprecated and will be removed
+  in Python 3.8.
+
 - bpo-30299: Compiling regular expression in debug mode on CPython now displays
   the compiled bytecode in human readable form.