diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ffc351d0920..f303e1a4730 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # From configure.in Revision: 66295 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.6.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.7.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://www.python.org/python-bugs>.
 #
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='python'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='python'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.6'
-PACKAGE_STRING='python 2.6'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.7'
+PACKAGE_STRING='python 2.7'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://www.python.org/python-bugs'
 
 ac_unique_file="Include/object.h"
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures python 2.6 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures python 2.7 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of python 2.6:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of python 2.7:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-python configure 2.6
+python configure 2.7
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by python $as_me 2.6, which was
+It was created by python $as_me 2.7, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ rm confdefs.h
 mv confdefs.h.new confdefs.h
 
 
-VERSION=2.6
+VERSION=2.7
 
 
 SOVERSION=1.0
@@ -24998,7 +24998,7 @@ exec 6>&1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by python $as_me 2.6, which was
+This file was extended by python $as_me 2.7, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -25047,7 +25047,7 @@ Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>."
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-python config.status 2.6
+python config.status 2.7
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ee7048b0875..fd8417097c7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl ***********************************************
 dnl NOTE: autoconf 2.64 doesn't seem to work (use 2.63).
 
 # Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
-m4_define(PYTHON_VERSION, 2.6)
+m4_define(PYTHON_VERSION, 2.7)
 
 AC_REVISION($Revision$)
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index 852e671bb21..4075d140909 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <libintl.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_LIBINTL_H
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `readline' library (-lreadline). */
+/* Define if you have the readline library (-lreadline). */
 #undef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `resolv' library (-lresolv). */