diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 5b53fbe0dda..34742515168 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ Deprecated
   * :mod:`ossaudiodev`
   * :mod:`pipes`
   * :mod:`sndhdr`
+  * :mod:`spwd`
 
   (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`47061`.)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_spwd.py b/Lib/test/test_spwd.py
index a143acc659e..50766c25482 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_spwd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_spwd.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 from test.support import import_helper
+import warnings
 
 
-spwd = import_helper.import_module('spwd')
+with warnings.catch_warnings():
+    warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
+    spwd = import_helper.import_module('spwd')
 
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'geteuid') and os.geteuid() == 0,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-17-12-32-40.gh-issue-91217.ms49Rg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-17-12-32-40.gh-issue-91217.ms49Rg.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9655522d0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-17-12-32-40.gh-issue-91217.ms49Rg.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate the spwd module.
diff --git a/Modules/spwdmodule.c b/Modules/spwdmodule.c
index acea30679bf..42123c93b59 100644
--- a/Modules/spwdmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/spwdmodule.c
@@ -256,5 +256,12 @@ static struct PyModuleDef spwdmodule = {
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 PyInit_spwd(void)
 {
+    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     "'spwd' is deprecated and slated for removal in "
+                     "Python 3.13",
+                     7)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     return PyModuleDef_Init(&spwdmodule);
 }