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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ scales to support complex functional testing.  It provides
 - multi-paradigm support: you can use ``py.test`` to run test suites based
   on `unittest <http://pytest.org/latest/unittest.html>`_ (or trial),
   `nose <http://pytest.org/latest/nose.html>`_
-- single-source compatibility to Python2.4 all the way up to Python3.3,
+- single-source compatibility to Python2.5 all the way up to Python3.3,
   PyPy-1.9 and Jython-2.5.1.
 
 - many `external plugins <http://pytest.org/latest/plugins.html#installing-external-plugins-searching>`_.