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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ZODB, a Python object-oriented database
    :alt: Documentation status
 
 ZODB provides an object-oriented database for Python that provides a
-high-degree of transparency. ZODB runs on Python 2.7 or Python 3.4 and
+high-degree of transparency. ZODB runs on Python 3.7 and
 above. It also runs on PyPy.
 
 - no separate language for database operations