1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/command/register.py b/setuptools/command/register.py
index 8d6336a..b8266b9 100755..100644
--- a/setuptools/command/register.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/register.py
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
+from distutils import log
 import distutils.command.register as orig
 
+from setuptools.errors import RemovedCommandError
+
 
 class register(orig.register):
-    __doc__ = orig.register.__doc__
+    """Formerly used to register packages on PyPI."""
 
     def run(self):
-        # Make sure that we are using valid current name/version info
-        self.run_command('egg_info')
-        orig.register.run(self)
+        msg = (
+            "The register command has been removed, use twine to upload "
+            + "instead (https://pypi.org/p/twine)"
+        )
+
+        self.announce("ERROR: " + msg, log.ERROR)
+
+        raise RemovedCommandError(msg)