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 \envvar{PYTHONHOME} sets an alternate value for the prefix of the
 Python installation.  For example, if \envvar{PYTHONHOME} is set to
 \samp{/www/python}, the search path will be set to \code{['',
-'/www/python/lib/python2.2/', '/www/python/lib/python2.3/plat-linux2',
-...]}.  
+'/www/python/lib/python\shortversion/',
+'/www/python/lib/python\shortversion/plat-linux2', ...]}.  
 
 The \envvar{PYTHONPATH} variable can be set to a list of paths that
 will be added to the beginning of \code{sys.path}.  For example, if