diff --git a/news/12434.doc.rst b/news/12434.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49a93a2841d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/12434.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replace some links to PEPs with links to the canonical specifications on https://packaging.python.org