diff --git a/hgext/win32text.py b/hgext/win32text.py
--- a/hgext/win32text.py
+++ b/hgext/win32text.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
-'''perform automatic newline conversion
+'''perform automatic newline conversion (DEPRECATED)
 
   Deprecation: The win32text extension requires each user to configure
   the extension again and again for each clone since the configuration
diff --git a/tests/test-help.t b/tests/test-help.t
--- a/tests/test-help.t
+++ b/tests/test-help.t
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ Test extension help:
        strip         strip changesets and their descendents from history
        transplant    command to transplant changesets from another branch
        win32mbcs     allow the use of MBCS paths with problematic encodings
-       win32text     perform automatic newline conversion
        zeroconf      discover and advertise repositories on the local network
 Test short command list with verbose option