diff --git a/newsfragments/2842.deprecated.rst b/newsfragments/2842.deprecated.rst
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/2842.deprecated.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecated support for ``math.inf`` for the ``backlog`` argument in ``open_tcp_listeners``, making its docstring correct in the fact that only ``TypeError`` is raised if invalid arguments are passed.
diff --git a/newsfragments/2842.removal.rst b/newsfragments/2842.removal.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Removed support for ``math.inf`` for the ``backlog`` argument in ``open_tcp_listeners``, making its docstring correct in the fact that only ``TypeError``s are raised if invalid arguments are passed.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 32900ff72f..e7422591f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ directory = "deprecated"
 name = "Deprecations and removals"
 showcontent = true
 
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "removal"
+name = "Removals without deprecations"
+showcontent = true
+
 [[tool.towncrier.type]]
 directory = "misc"
 name = "Miscellaneous internal changes"