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@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ be searched for.
 
 As usual, there were a bunch of other improvements and bugfixes
 scattered throughout the source tree.  A search through the SVN change
-logs finds there were XXX patches applied and YYY bugs fixed between
+logs finds there were 334 patches applied and 443 bugs fixed between
 Python 2.4 and 2.5.  Both figures are likely to be underestimates.
 
 Some of the more notable changes are: