1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sphinx/testing/path.py b/sphinx/testing/path.py
index 1c883af2f..4c3702e3d 100644
--- a/sphinx/testing/path.py
+++ b/sphinx/testing/path.py
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ import builtins
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
+import warnings
 from typing import Any, Callable, IO, List
 
+from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx50Warning
+
 
 FILESYSTEMENCODING = sys.getfilesystemencoding() or sys.getdefaultencoding()
 
@@ -138,6 +141,14 @@ class path(str):
         """
         Returns the text in the file.
         """
+        warnings.warn('Path.text() is deprecated.  Please use read_text() instead.',
+                      RemovedInSphinx50Warning, stacklevel=2)
+        return self.read_text(encoding, **kwargs)
+
+    def read_text(self, encoding: str = 'utf-8', **kwargs: Any) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns the text in the file.
+        """
         with open(self, encoding=encoding, **kwargs) as f:
             return f.read()
 
@@ -145,6 +156,14 @@ class path(str):
         """
         Returns the bytes in the file.
         """
+        warnings.warn('Path.bytes() is deprecated.  Please use read_bytes() instead.',
+                      RemovedInSphinx50Warning, stacklevel=2)
+        return self.read_bytes()
+
+    def read_bytes(self) -> builtins.bytes:
+        """
+        Returns the bytes in the file.
+        """
         with open(self, mode='rb') as f:
             return f.read()