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python · Nov 11, 2024 · 002be87 · 002be87
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diff --git a/Doc/library/distutils.rst b/Doc/library/distutils.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .. deprecated-removed:: 3.10 3.12
 
 This module is no longer part of the Python standard library.
-It was :ref:`removed in Python 3.12 <whatsnew312-removed>` after
+It was :ref:`removed in Python 3.12 <whatsnew312-removed-distutils>` after
 being deprecated in Python 3.10.  The removal was decided in :pep:`632`,
 which has `migration advice
 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0632/#migration-advice>`_.

diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
 .. deprecated-removed:: 3.4 3.12
 
 This module is no longer part of the Python standard library.
-It was :ref:`removed in Python 3.12 <whatsnew312-removed>` after
+It was :ref:`removed in Python 3.12 <whatsnew312-removed-imp>` after
 being deprecated in Python 3.4.
 
+The :ref:`removal notice <whatsnew312-removed-imp>` includes guidance for
+migrating code from :mod:`!imp` to :mod:`importlib`.
+
 The last version of Python that provided the :mod:`!imp` module was
 `Python 3.11 <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/imp.html>`_.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -1368,6 +1368,8 @@ configparser
   * :class:`configparser.ConfigParser` no longer has a ``readfp`` method.
     Use :meth:`~configparser.ConfigParser.read_file` instead.
 
+.. _whatsnew312-removed-distutils:
+
 distutils
 ---------
 
@@ -1449,6 +1451,8 @@ importlib
   * ``importlib.abc.Finder``, ``pkgutil.ImpImporter``, and ``pkgutil.ImpLoader``
     have been removed.  (Contributed by Barry Warsaw in :gh:`98040`.)
 
+.. _whatsnew312-removed-imp:
+
 imp
 ---