diff --git a/doc/common/section_cli_install.xml b/doc/common/section_cli_install.xml
index c1890116e1..ef68401b40 100644
--- a/doc/common/section_cli_install.xml
+++ b/doc/common/section_cli_install.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <tbody>
             <tr>
                 <td valign="top">
-                    <para>Python 2.6 or later</para>
+                    <para>Python 2.7 or later</para>
                 </td>
                 <td>
                     <para>Currently, the clients do not support Python
diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_basics-packages.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_basics-packages.xml
index 222b482379..2285dfee18 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_basics-packages.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_basics-packages.xml
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ Key Expires: Thu Dec 17 13:34:21 2015</programlisting>
       (also known as Debian Unstable) - the current development
       version. Backported packages run correctly on Debian Wheezy with
       one caveat:</para>
-    <para>All OpenStack packages are written in Python. Wheezy uses
-      Python 2.6 and 2.7, with Python 2.6 as the default interpreter;
+    <para>All OpenStack packages are written in Python. All packages
+      support version 2.7; porting to Python version 3 is ongoing.
+      Note that Debian Wheezy uses
+      Python 2.6 and 2.7, with Python 2.7 as the default interpreter;
       Sid has only Python 2.7. There is one packaging change between
       these two. In Python 2.6, you installed the
         <package>python-argparse</package> package separately. In
diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml
index e52616f61d..55389aacc7 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
                 with sudo privileges.</para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
-            <para>Python 2.6 or 2.7. The Python version must support
+            <para>Python 2.7.
+                The Python version must support
                 Django. The Python version should run on any
                 system, including Mac OS X. Installation prerequisites
                 might differ by platform.</para>