diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 30e784e7e94..80f4cd7260c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ always available.
    Python files are installed; by default, this is also ``'/usr/local'``.  This can
    be set at build time with the ``--exec-prefix`` argument to the
    :program:`configure` script.  Specifically, all configuration files (e.g. the
-   :file:`pyconfig.h` header file) are installed in the directory ``exec_prefix +
-   '/lib/pythonversion/config'``, and shared library modules are installed in
-   ``exec_prefix + '/lib/pythonversion/lib-dynload'``, where *version* is equal to
-   ``version[:3]``.
+   :file:`pyconfig.h` header file) are installed in the directory
+   :file:`{exec_prefix}/lib/python{X.Y}/config', and shared library modules are
+   installed in :file:`{exec_prefix}/lib/python{X.Y}/lib-dynload`, where *X.Y*
+   is the version number of Python, for example ``2.7``.
 
 
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@@ -766,10 +766,10 @@ always available.
    independent Python files are installed; by default, this is the string
    ``'/usr/local'``.  This can be set at build time with the ``--prefix``
    argument to the :program:`configure` script.  The main collection of Python
-   library modules is installed in the directory ``prefix + '/lib/pythonversion'``
+   library modules is installed in the directory :file:`{prefix}/lib/python{X.Y}``
    while the platform independent header files (all except :file:`pyconfig.h`) are
-   stored in ``prefix + '/include/pythonversion'``, where *version* is equal to
-   ``version[:3]``.
+   stored in :file:`{prefix}/include/python{X.Y}``, where *X.Y* is the version
+   number of Python, for example ``2.7``.
 
 
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