diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.
 
 ## Python version compatibility
 
-As the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3 and Botocore) has [ceased supporting Python 2.7](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/announcing-end-of-support-for-python-2-7-in-aws-sdk-for-python-and-aws-cli-v1/), this collection requires Python 3.6 or greater.
+This collection depends on the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3 and Botocore).  Due to the
+[AWS SDK Python Support Policy](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/)
+this collection requires Python 3.6 or greater.
+
+Amazon have also announced the end of support for
+[Python less than 3.7](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/).
+As such support for Python less than 3.7 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in a release
+after 2023-05-31.
 
 ## AWS SDK version compatibility
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/python.yml b/changelogs/fragments/python.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+deprecated_features:
+- amazon.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support for Python less than 3.7
+  (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/)
+  support for Python less than 3.7 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in a
+  release after 2023-05-31
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1360).