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@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ Changes in Python behavior
classes will affect their string representation.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`36793`.)
-* On AIX, :attr:`sys.platform` doesn't contain the major version anymore.
+* On AIX, :data:`sys.platform` doesn't contain the major version anymore.
It is always ``'aix'``, instead of ``'aix3'`` .. ``'aix7'``. Since
older Python versions include the version number, so it is recommended to
always use ``sys.platform.startswith('aix')``.