diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 8afadd9af..5b4fb007a 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ disable_error_code = attr-defined, method-assign, name-defined
 exclude = .*((build|adodbapi|Pythonwin/Scintilla|Pythonwin/pywin/idle|[Tt]est|[Dd]emos?)/.*|rasutil.py|setup.py)
 
 ; C-modules that will need type-stubs
-[mypy-adsi.*,dde,exchange,exchdapi,perfmon,servicemanager,win32api,win32clipboard,win32event,win32evtlog,win32file,win32gui,win32help,win32pdh,win32process,win32ras,win32security,win32service,win32trace,win32ui,win32uiole,win32wnet,wincerapi,_win32sysloader,_winxptheme]
+[mypy-adsi.*,dde,exchange,exchdapi,perfmon,servicemanager,win32api,win32console,win32clipboard,win32event,win32evtlog,win32file,win32gui,win32help,win32pdh,win32process,win32ras,win32security,win32service,win32trace,win32ui,win32uiole,win32wnet,wincerapi,_win32sysloader,_winxptheme]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 ; verstamp is installed from win32verstamp.py called in setup.py
diff --git a/win32/src/win32gui.i b/win32/src/win32gui.i
index cae2f0eb2..3e0811532 100644
--- a/win32/src/win32gui.i
+++ b/win32/src/win32gui.i
@@ -5659,6 +5659,12 @@ BOOLAPI SetWindowRgn(
 	HRGN INPUT_NULLOK,	// @pyparm <o PyGdiHANDLE>|hRgn||Handle to region to be set, can be None
 	BOOL Redraw);		// @pyparm boolean|Redraw||Indicates if window should be completely redrawn
 
+// @pyswig int, <o PyRECT>|GetWindowRgnBox|Returns the bounding box for a window's region
+// @rdesc Returns type of region and rectangle coordinates in device units
+int_regiontype GetWindowRgnBox(
+	HWND hWnd,		// @pyparm <o PyHANDLE>|hWnd||Handle to a window that has a window region. (see <om win32gui.SetWindowRgn>)
+	RECT *OUTPUT);
+
 // @pyswig |ValidateRgn|Removes a region from a window's update region
 BOOLAPI ValidateRgn(
 	HWND hWnd,		// @pyparm <o PyHANDLE>|hWnd||Handle to the window
diff --git a/win32/winxpgui.py b/win32/winxpgui.py
index 6e2c1370c..5e9df42d3 100644
--- a/win32/winxpgui.py
+++ b/win32/winxpgui.py
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import warnings
 
 from win32console import GetConsoleWindow as GetConsoleWindow
 from win32gui import *
 
-REGION_BOX = [0, (0, 0, 0, 0)]
-
 warnings.warn(
-    "The `winxpgui` gui is deprecated and simply re-exports `win32gui.*`, `win32console.GetConsoleWindow`, "
-    + f"and `GetWindowRgnBox` is now hardcoded to return `{REGION_BOX}`.",
+    "The `winxpgui` module is obsolete and has been completely replaced "
+    "by `win32gui` and `win32console.GetConsoleWindow`. Use those instead.",
     category=DeprecationWarning,
 )
-def GetWindowRgnBox(__):
-    print(f"`GetWindowRgnBox` is no longer supported and will always return `{REGION_BOX}`.")
-    return REGION_BOX