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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ http://docs.gunicorn.org
 Installation
 ------------
 
-Gunicorn requires **Python 2.x >= 2.5**. Python 3.x support is planned.
+Gunicorn requires **Python 2.x >= 2.6**. Python 3.x support is planned.
 
 Install from sources::
 
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Features
 * Simple Python configuration
 * Multiple worker configurations
 * Various server hooks for extensibility
-* Compatible with Python 2.x >= 2.5
+* Compatible with Python 2.x >= 2.6
 
 
 .. note::
diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Follow the following steps to install Gunicorn.
 Requirements
 ============
 
-- **Python 2.x >= 2.5** (Python 3.x will be supported soon)
+- **Python 2.x >= 2.6** (Python 3.x will be supported soon)
 - setuptools >= 0.6c6
 - nosetests (for the test suite only)