diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/script-removal.yml b/changelogs/fragments/script-removal.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4328fef555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/script-removal.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deprecated_features:
+- "All inventory and vault scripts will be removed from community.general. If you are referencing them, please update your references to the new `contrib-scripts GitHub repository <https://github.com/ansible-community/contrib-scripts>`_ so your workflow will not break once community.general 4.0.0 is released (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2697)."