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 Current release
 ---------------
 
-What's new in psycopg 2.9.0
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+What's new in psycopg 2.9
+-------------------------
 
-- Dropped support for Python 3.4 (:ticket:`#1000`) and 3.5 (:ticket:`#1197`).
+- Dropped support for Python 3.4, 3.5 (:tickets:#1000, #1197).
 
 What's new in psycopg 2.8.6
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^