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@@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ labeled 2.0aN precede the versions labeled 2.0bN, which precede versions labeled
 2.0cN, and *those* precede 2.0.
 
 You may also find version numbers with a "+" suffix, e.g. "2.2+".  These are
-unreleased versions, built directly from the Subversion trunk.  In practice,
-after a final minor release is made, the Subversion trunk is incremented to the
-next minor version, which becomes the "a0" version,
-e.g. "2.4a0".
+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
 :data:`sys.version_info`.