diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e79fdcc..0d6e1e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Deprecated
+- The argument `_py2_no_more_posargs` because Python2 is removed on January
+, 2020 ([#328](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/328) and 
+[#307](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/307))
+
 ### Added
 - Support for extracting JBIG2 encoded images ([#311](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/311) and [#46](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/46))
 
diff --git a/pdfminer/high_level.py b/pdfminer/high_level.py
index cdef1e7..ecc934f 100644
--- a/pdfminer/high_level.py
+++ b/pdfminer/high_level.py
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ from .image import ImageWriter
 
 
 def extract_text_to_fp(inf, outfp,
-                    _py2_no_more_posargs=None,  # Bloody Python2 needs a shim
                     output_type='text', codec='utf-8', laparams = None,
                     maxpages=0, page_numbers=None, password="", scale=1.0, rotation=0,
                     layoutmode='normal', output_dir=None, strip_control=False,
-                    debug=False, disable_caching=False, **other):
+                    debug=False, disable_caching=False, **kwargs):
     """
     Parses text from inf-file and writes to outfp file-like object.
     Takes loads of optional arguments but the defaults are somewhat sane.
@@ -44,6 +43,13 @@ def extract_text_to_fp(inf, outfp,
     debug: Output more logging data
     disable_caching: Does what it says on the tin
     """
+    if '_py2_no_more_posargs' in kwargs is not None:
+        raise DeprecationWarning(
+            'The `_py2_no_more_posargs will be removed on January, 2020. At '
+            'that moment pdfminer.six will stop supporting Python 2. Please '
+            'upgrade to Python 3. For more information see '
+            'https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer .six/issues/194')
+
     if six.PY2 and sys.stdin.encoding:
         password = password.decode(sys.stdin.encoding)
 
diff --git a/tools/pdf2txt.py b/tools/pdf2txt.py
index 436cc97..f243601 100755
--- a/tools/pdf2txt.py
+++ b/tools/pdf2txt.py
@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@ from pdfminer.image import ImageWriter
 
 
 def extract_text(files=[], outfile='-',
-            _py2_no_more_posargs=None,  # Bloody Python2 needs a shim
             no_laparams=False, all_texts=None, detect_vertical=None, # LAParams
             word_margin=None, char_margin=None, line_margin=None, boxes_flow=None, # LAParams
             output_type='text', codec='utf-8', strip_control=False,
             maxpages=0, page_numbers=None, password="", scale=1.0, rotation=0,
             layoutmode='normal', output_dir=None, debug=False,
-            disable_caching=False, **other):
-    if _py2_no_more_posargs is not None:
-        raise ValueError("Too many positional arguments passed.")
+            disable_caching=False, **kwargs):
+    if '_py2_no_more_posargs' in kwargs is not None:
+        raise DeprecationWarning(
+            'The `_py2_no_more_posargs will be removed on January, 2020. At '
+            'that moment pdfminer.six will stop supporting Python 2. Please '
+            'upgrade to Python 3. For more information see '
+            'https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer .six/issues/194')
+
     if not files:
         raise ValueError("Must provide files to work upon!")
 
diff --git a/tools/pdfdiff.py b/tools/pdfdiff.py
index f5b8ac4..bb7b47a 100644
--- a/tools/pdfdiff.py
+++ b/tools/pdfdiff.py
@@ -11,28 +11,32 @@ pdfminer.settings.STRICT = False
 import pdfminer.high_level
 import pdfminer.layout
 
-def compare(file1,file2,**args):
-    if args.get('_py2_no_more_posargs',None) is not None:
-        raise ValueError("Too many positional arguments passed.")
 
+def compare(file1, file2, **kwargs):
+    if '_py2_no_more_posargs' in kwargs is not None:
+        raise DeprecationWarning(
+            'The `_py2_no_more_posargs will be removed on January, 2020. At '
+            'that moment pdfminer.six will stop supporting Python 2. Please '
+            'upgrade to Python 3. For more information see '
+            'https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer .six/issues/194')
 
     # If any LAParams group arguments were passed, create an LAParams object and
     # populate with given args. Otherwise, set it to None.
-    if args.get('laparams',None) is None:
+    if kwargs.get('laparams', None) is None:
         laparams = pdfminer.layout.LAParams()
         for param in ("all_texts", "detect_vertical", "word_margin", "char_margin", "line_margin", "boxes_flow"):
-            paramv = args.get(param, None)
+            paramv = kwargs.get(param, None)
             if paramv is not None:
                 laparams[param]=paramv
-        args['laparams']=laparams
+        kwargs['laparams']=laparams
                 
     s1=six.StringIO()
     with open(file1, "rb") as fp:
-        pdfminer.high_level.extract_text_to_fp(fp,s1, **args)
+        pdfminer.high_level.extract_text_to_fp(fp, s1, **kwargs)
     
     s2=six.StringIO()
     with open(file2, "rb") as fp:
-        pdfminer.high_level.extract_text_to_fp(fp,s2, **args)
+        pdfminer.high_level.extract_text_to_fp(fp, s2, **kwargs)
     
     import difflib
     s1.seek(0)
@@ -41,12 +45,12 @@ def compare(file1,file2,**args):
     
     import os.path
     try:
-        extension = os.path.splitext(args['outfile'])[1][1:4]
+        extension = os.path.splitext(kwargs['outfile'])[1][1:4]
         if extension.lower()=='htm':
             return difflib.HtmlDiff().make_file(s1,s2)
     except KeyError:
         pass
-    return difflib.unified_diff(s1,s2,n=args['context_lines'])
+    return difflib.unified_diff(s1, s2, n=kwargs['context_lines'])
 
 
 # main