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@@ -823,6 +823,14 @@ non-standard paths in the registry and user site-packages.
* Adds ``pythonXX.zip`` as a potential landmark when directly adjacent
to the executable.
+.. deprecated::
+ 3.6
+
+ Modules specified in the registry under ``Modules`` (not ``PythonPath``)
+ may be imported by :class:`importlib.machinery.WindowsRegistryFinder`.
+ This finder is enabled on Windows in 3.6.0 and earlier, but may need to
+ be explicitly added to :attr:`sys.meta_path` in the future.
+
Additional modules
==================