DEP: deprecate np.testing.rand

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst
index 6de10b553..c15936cc3 100644
--- a/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst
@@ -158,3 +158,10 @@ parameter in methods like ```array.flatten``` or ```array.ravel```
 that were not one of the following: 'C', 'F', 'A', 'K' (note that
 all of these possible values are unicode- and case-insensitive).
 Such behaviour will not be allowed in future releases.
+
+Random number generator in the ``testing`` namespace
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Python standard library random number generator was previously exposed in the
+``testing`` namespace as ``testing.rand``. Using this generator is not
+recommended and it will be removed in a future release. Use generators from
+``numpy.random`` namespace instead.