diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class _httprequesthandleropenssl(_httpre
             pass
 
 class _httprequesthandlerssl(_httprequesthandler):
-    """HTTPS handler based on Pythons ssl module (introduced in 2.6)"""
+    """HTTPS handler based on Python's ssl module"""
 
     url_scheme = 'https'