diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 004193c..36cfc71 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake
-    rev: v2.2.0
+    rev: v2.2.1
     hooks:
     -   id: autoflake
         args: ["--in-place", "--remove-unused-variables", "--remove-all-unused-imports"]
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bec8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+version: 2
+
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+python:
+  install:
+    - path: .
diff --git a/src/xdist/newhooks.py b/src/xdist/newhooks.py
index 384cde7..44ea5d8 100644
--- a/src/xdist/newhooks.py
+++ b/src/xdist/newhooks.py
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ def pytest_xdist_newgateway(gateway):
 
 
 @pytest.hookspec(
-    warn_on_impl="rsync feature is deprecated and will be removed in pytest-xdist 4.0"
+    warn_on_impl=DeprecationWarning(
+        "rsync feature is deprecated and will be removed in pytest-xdist 4.0"
+    )
 )
 def pytest_xdist_rsyncstart(source, gateways):
     """called before rsyncing a directory to remote gateways takes place."""
 
 
 @pytest.hookspec(
-    warn_on_impl="rsync feature is deprecated and will be removed in pytest-xdist 4.0"
+    warn_on_impl=DeprecationWarning(
+        "rsync feature is deprecated and will be removed in pytest-xdist 4.0"
+    )
 )
 def pytest_xdist_rsyncfinish(source, gateways):
     """called after rsyncing a directory to remote gateways takes place."""