diff --git a/pep-0400.txt b/pep-0400.txt
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--- a/pep-0400.txt
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@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ StreamWriter will be removed in Python 3.4 (or maybe later).
 
 .. _Appendix A:
 
+Alternative Approache
+=====================
+
+An alternative to the deprecation of the codecs.Stream* classes is to rename
+codecs.open() to codecs.open_stream(), and to create a new codecs.open()
+function reusing open() and so io.TextIOWrapper.
+
+
 Appendix A: Issues with stateful codecs
 =======================================