diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@
         finally:
             self.unfakehttp()
 
+    def test_URLopener_deprecation(self):
+        with support.check_warnings(('',DeprecationWarning)):
+            warn = urllib.request.URLopener()
+
 class urlretrieve_FileTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test urllib.urlretrieve() on local files"""
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -553,10 +553,6 @@
         self.assertRaises(urllib.error.URLError, o.open, req)
         self.assertEqual(o.calls, [(handlers[0], "http_open", (req,), {})])
 
-##     def test_error(self):
-##         # XXX this doesn't actually seem to be used in standard library,
-##         #  but should really be tested anyway...
-
     def test_http_error(self):
         # XXX http_error_default
         # http errors are a special case
@@ -584,6 +580,7 @@
             self.assertEqual((handler, method_name), got[:2])
             self.assertEqual(args, got[2])
 
+
     def test_processors(self):
         # *_request / *_response methods get called appropriately
         o = OpenerDirector()
@@ -619,6 +616,24 @@
                 self.assertTrue(args[1] is None or
                              isinstance(args[1], MockResponse))
 
+    def test_method_deprecations(self):
+        req = Request("http://www.example.com")
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.add_data("data")
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.has_data()
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.get_data()
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.get_full_url()
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.get_host()
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.get_selector()
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.is_unverifiable()
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            req.get_origin_req_host()
 
 def sanepathname2url(path):
     try:
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 import collections
 import tempfile
 import contextlib
+import warnings
 
 
 from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError, ContentTooShortError
@@ -292,35 +293,55 @@
             return "GET"
 
     # Begin deprecated methods
+    # If they are required internally by some methods, then these should be
+    # made available as _private
 
     def add_data(self, data):
+        msg = "Request.add_data method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         self.data = data
 
     def has_data(self):
+        msg = "Request.has_data method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.data is not None
 
     def get_data(self):
+        msg = "Request.get_data method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.data
 
     def get_full_url(self):
+        msg = "Request.get_full_url method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         if self.fragment:
             return '%s#%s' % (self.full_url, self.fragment)
         else:
             return self.full_url
 
     def get_type(self):
+        msg = "Request.get_type method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.type
 
     def get_host(self):
+        msg = "Request.get_host method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.host
 
     def get_selector(self):
+        msg = "Request.get_selector method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.selector
 
     def is_unverifiable(self):
+        msg = "Request.is_unverifiable method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.unverifiable
 
     def get_origin_req_host(self):
+        msg = "Request.get_origin_req_host method is deprecated."
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
         return self.origin_req_host
 
     # End deprecated methods
@@ -1552,6 +1573,9 @@
 
     # Constructor
     def __init__(self, proxies=None, **x509):
+        msg = "%(class)s style of invoking requests is deprecated."\
+              "Use newer urlopen functions/methods" % {'class': self.__class__.__name__}
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3)
         if proxies is None:
             proxies = getproxies()
         assert hasattr(proxies, 'keys'), "proxies must be a mapping"
@@ -1753,7 +1777,6 @@
                 if proxy_bypass(realhost):
                     host = realhost
 
-            #print "proxy via http:", host, selector
         if not host: raise IOError('http error', 'no host given')
 
         if proxy_passwd:
@@ -2554,7 +2577,6 @@
             test = test.replace("*", r".*")     # change glob sequence
             test = test.replace("?", r".")      # change glob char
             for val in host:
-                # print "%s <--> %s" %( test, val )
                 if re.match(test, val, re.I):
                     return 1
         return 0