diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
index 5394cbc7a..33062ba06 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
@@ -200,9 +200,13 @@ if (!doNotTrack) {
{{ end }}
{{- end -}}
`},
- {`google_news.html`, `{{ if .IsPage }}{{ with .Params.news_keywords }}
-
-{{ end }}{{ end }}`},
+ {`google_news.html`, `{{- warnf "The google_news internal template will be removed in a future release. Please remove calls to this template. See https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/9172 for additional information." -}}
+{{- if .IsPage -}}
+ {{- with .Params.news_keywords -}}
+
+ {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+`},
{`opengraph.html`, `
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/google_news.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/google_news.html
index 9361de16a..d1a995c83 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/google_news.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/google_news.html
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-{{ if .IsPage }}{{ with .Params.news_keywords }}
-
-{{ end }}{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- warnf "The google_news internal template will be removed in a future release. Please remove calls to this template. See https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/9172 for additional information." -}}
+{{- if .IsPage -}}
+ {{- with .Params.news_keywords -}}
+
+ {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}