diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.python b/contrib/Makefile.python
--- a/contrib/Makefile.python
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.python
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHONVER=2.7.8
+PYTHONVER=2.7.9
 PYTHONNAME=python-
 PREFIX=$(HOME)/bin/prefix-$(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)
 SYMLINKDIR=$(HOME)/bin
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ help:
 # debian: apt-get install zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libssl-dev
 	@echo
 	@echo 'To build a nice collection of interesting Python versions:'
-	@echo '  $$ for v in 2.{4{,.2,.3},5{,.6},6{,.1,.2,.9},7{,.8}}; do'
+	@echo '  $$ for v in 2.{4{,.2,.3},5{,.6},6{,.1,.2,.9},7{,.8,.9}}; do'
 	@echo '    make -f Makefile.python symlink PYTHONVER=$$v || break; done'
 	@echo 'To run a Mercurial test on all these Python versions:'
 	@echo '  $$ for py in `cd ~/bin && ls $(PYTHONNAME)2.*`; do'