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@@ -2814,9 +2814,9 @@ version of Python.
 
 ### On Windows I get `E887: Sorry, this command is disabled, the Python's site module could not be loaded`
 
-If you are running vim on Windows with Python 2.7.11, this is likely caused by 
+If you are running vim on Windows with Python 2.7.11, this is likely caused by
 a [bug][vim_win-python2.7.11-bug]. Follow this [workaround]
-[vim_win-python2.7.11-bug_workaround] or use a different version (Python 2.7.9 
+[vim_win-python2.7.11-bug_workaround] or use a different version (Python 2.7.12
 does not suffer from the bug).
 
 ### I can't complete python packages in a virtual environment.
diff --git a/doc/youcompleteme.txt b/doc/youcompleteme.txt
index 3cd1f4d5..731e169a 100644
--- a/doc/youcompleteme.txt
+++ b/doc/youcompleteme.txt
@@ -3096,7 +3096,7 @@ module could not be loaded" ~
 
 If you are running vim on Windows with Python 2.7.11, this is likely caused by
 a bug [61]. Follow this workaround [62] or use a different version (Python
-2.7.9 does not suffer from the bug).
+2.7.12 does not suffer from the bug).
 
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