diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst
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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ information about running from source.  It's not necessary to install the progra
 Control Machine Requirements
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-Currently Ansible can be run from any machine with Python 2.6 installed (Windows isn't supported for the control machine).
+Currently Ansible can be run from any machine with Python 2.6 or 2.7 installed (Windows isn't supported for the control machine).
 
 This includes Red Hat, Debian, CentOS, OS X, any of the BSDs, and so on.