bpo-39361: Document the removal of PyTypeObject.tp_print (GH-18125)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
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--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ Build and C API Changes
   removed in Python 3.3.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`38896`.)
 
+* The ``tp_print`` slot of :ref:`PyTypeObject <type-structs>` has been removed.
+  It was used for printing objects to files in Python 2.7 and before. Since
+  Python 3.0, it has been ignored and unused.
+  (Contributed by Jeroen Demeyer in :issue:`36974`.)
+
 
 Deprecated
 ==========