diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst
index 8727332594b..ec7c2897594 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/general.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ Python versions are numbered "A.B.C" or "A.B":
   changes.
 * *C* is the micro version number -- it is incremented for each bugfix release.
 
-See :pep:`6` for more information about bugfix releases.
-
 Not all releases are bugfix releases.  In the run-up to a new feature release, a
 series of development releases are made, denoted as alpha, beta, or release
 candidate.  Alphas are early releases in which interfaces aren't yet finalized;
@@ -157,7 +155,11 @@ unreleased versions, built directly from the CPython development repository.  In
 practice, after a final minor release is made, the version is incremented to the
 next minor version, which becomes the "a0" version, e.g. "2.4a0".
 
-See also the documentation for :data:`sys.version`, :data:`sys.hexversion`, and
+See the `Developer's Guide
+<https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/development-cycle/>`__
+for more information about the development cycle, and
+:pep:`387` to learn more about Python's backward compatibility policy.  See also
+the documentation for :data:`sys.version`, :data:`sys.hexversion`, and
 :data:`sys.version_info`.