@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ complete listing.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
+.. c:macro:: Py_DEPRECATED(version)
+
+   Use this for deprecated declarations.  The macro must be placed before the
+   symbol name.
+
+   Example::
+
+      Py_DEPRECATED(3.8) PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_OldFunction(void);
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+      MSVC support was added.
+
 
 .. _api-objects:
 
 
@@ -1240,6 +1240,15 @@ Changes in the C API
 
   (Contributed by Eddie Elizondo in :issue:`35810`.)
 
+* The :c:macro:`Py_DEPRECATED()` macro has been implemented for MSVC.
+  The macro now must be placed before the symbol name.
+
+  Example::
+
+      Py_DEPRECATED(3.8) PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_OldFunction(void);
+
+  (Contributed by Zackery Spytz in :issue:`33407`.)
+
 
 CPython bytecode changes
 ------------------------
 
@@ -316,39 +316,38 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_DelItem(PyObject *o, PyObject *key);
 
    Return 0 on success.  buffer and buffer_len are only set in case no error
    occurs. Otherwise, -1 is returned and an exception set. */
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.0)
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsCharBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                                       const char **buffer,
-                                      Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
-                                      Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
+                                      Py_ssize_t *buffer_len);
 
 /* Checks whether an arbitrary object supports the (character, single segment)
    buffer interface.
 
    Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure. */
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj)
-                                         Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.0) PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj);
 
 /* Same as PyObject_AsCharBuffer() except that this API expects (readable,
    single segment) buffer interface and returns a pointer to a read-only memory
    location which can contain arbitrary data.
 
    0 is returned on success.  buffer and buffer_len are only set in case no
    error occurs.  Otherwise, -1 is returned and an exception set. */
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.0)
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                                       const void **buffer,
-                                      Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
-                                      Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
+                                      Py_ssize_t *buffer_len);
 
 /* Takes an arbitrary object which must support the (writable, single segment)
    buffer interface and returns a pointer to a writable memory location in
    buffer of size 'buffer_len'.
 
    Return 0 on success.  buffer and buffer_len are only set in case no error
    occurs. Otherwise, -1 is returned and an exception set. */
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.0)
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                                        void **buffer,
-                                       Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
-                                       Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
+                                       Py_ssize_t *buffer_len);
 
 
 /* === New Buffer API ============================================ */
 
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_RestoreThread(PyThreadState *);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int)  PyEval_ThreadsInitialized(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_InitThreads(void);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_AcquireLock(void) Py_DEPRECATED(3.2);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseLock(void) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.2) */;
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.2) PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_AcquireLock(void);
+/* Py_DEPRECATED(3.2) */ PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseLock(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_AcquireThread(PyThreadState *tstate);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseThread(PyThreadState *tstate);
 
 
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyErr_ChainExceptions(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 /* Convenience functions */
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.3)
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithUnicodeFilename(
-    PyObject *, const Py_UNICODE *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
+    PyObject *, const Py_UNICODE *);
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
 
 /* Like PyErr_Format(), but saves current exception as __context__ and
@@ -103,11 +104,12 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyErr_FormatFromCause(
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 /* XXX redeclare to use WSTRING */
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.3)
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(
-    int, const Py_UNICODE *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
-
+    int, const Py_UNICODE *);
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.3)
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(
-    PyObject *,int, const Py_UNICODE *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
+    PyObject *,int, const Py_UNICODE *);
 #endif
 
 /* In exceptions.c */
@@ -147,23 +149,23 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_ProgramTextObject(
     int lineno);
 
 /* Create a UnicodeEncodeError object */
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeEncodeError_Create(
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeEncodeError_Create(
     const char *encoding,       /* UTF-8 encoded string */
     const Py_UNICODE *object,
     Py_ssize_t length,
     Py_ssize_t start,
     Py_ssize_t end,
     const char *reason          /* UTF-8 encoded string */
-    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
+    );
 
 /* Create a UnicodeTranslateError object */
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeTranslateError_Create(
+Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeTranslateError_Create(
     const Py_UNICODE *object,
     Py_ssize_t length,
     Py_ssize_t start,
     Py_ssize_t end,
     const char *reason          /* UTF-8 encoded string */
-    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
+    );
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyUnicodeTranslateError_Create(
     PyObject *object,
     Py_ssize_t start,