diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/29457-deprecate-remote_checksum.yml b/changelogs/fragments/29457-deprecate-remote_checksum.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f33f163e62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/29457-deprecate-remote_checksum.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - deprecate ``_remote_checksum()`` and remove all internal uses (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74848)
diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.12.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.12.rst
index 0b8a5918ea8..e20a3d4d3a7 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.12.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.12.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Deprecated
       - include_tasks: provision.yml
         when: not teardown | bool
 
+* The ``_remote_checksum()`` method in ``ActionBase`` is deprecated. Any action plugin using this method should use ``_execute_remote_stat()`` instead.
 
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