diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 911c3a7bbf..e03d888bd1 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -776,9 +776,8 @@ the word @code{python}.
 Some modules are compatible with only one version of Python, others with
 both.  If the package Foo is compiled with Python 3, we name it
 @code{python-foo}.  If it is compiled with Python 2, we name it
-@code{python2-foo}.  Packages should be added when they are necessary;
-we don't add Python 2 variants of the package unless we are going to use
-them.
+@code{python2-foo}.  Python 2 packages are being removed from the
+distribution; please do no not submit any new Python 2 packages.
 
 If a project already contains the word @code{python}, we drop this;
 for instance, the module python-dateutil is packaged under the names