diff --git a/doc/topics/releases/templates/3007.0.md.template b/doc/topics/releases/templates/3007.0.md.template
index 9b1043c9a44..229918daaad 100644
--- a/doc/topics/releases/templates/3007.0.md.template
+++ b/doc/topics/releases/templates/3007.0.md.template
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 Add release specific details below
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+## Salt's ``setup.py`` customizations
+> :warning: **Deprecation Notice**: <br>
+In Salt 3009, the ``setup.py`` file will be stripped of it's custom additions and migrated to a plain ``pyproject.toml`` python package
+or whatever is found best during the process of removing the customizations. <br>
+**If you're relying on these customizations please stop as your workflow will break in the future**.
+
 ## Python 3.11
 Salt's onedir packages now use Python 3.11
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f5870e9029..b81542d5db0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1225,4 +1225,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     warnings.warn(
         "Warning: distutils is deprecated and shall be removed in Python 3.12, advise migrate to using setuptools"
     )
+    warnings.warn(
+        "In Salt 3009, the `setup.py` file will be stripped of it's custom additions and migrated to a plain "
+        "`pyproject.toml` python package or whatever is found best during the process of removing the customizations. "
+        "If you're relying on these customizations please stop as your workflow will break in the future."
+    )
     setup(distclass=SaltDistribution)