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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex b/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex
index 223b615..824ee44 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
\stmodindex{fnmatch}
This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are
-\emph{not} the same as Python's regular expressions (which are
+\emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are
documented in the \code{re} module). The special characters used
in shell-style wildcards are:
\begin{itemize}
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ false; the comparision is case-sensitive.
\begin{funcdesc}{translate}{pattern}
Translate a shell pattern into a corresponding regular expression,
returning a string describing the pattern. It does not compile the
-expression.
+expression. \strong{Version note:} in Python 1.4 and earlier, this
+function translated to \code{regex} (Emacs style) regular expressions;
+in 1.5 and later, it translates to \code{re} (Perl style) regular
+expressions.
\end{funcdesc}
diff --git a/Doc/libfnmatch.tex b/Doc/libfnmatch.tex
index 223b615..824ee44 100644
--- a/Doc/libfnmatch.tex
+++ b/Doc/libfnmatch.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
\stmodindex{fnmatch}
This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are
-\emph{not} the same as Python's regular expressions (which are
+\emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are
documented in the \code{re} module). The special characters used
in shell-style wildcards are:
\begin{itemize}
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ false; the comparision is case-sensitive.
\begin{funcdesc}{translate}{pattern}
Translate a shell pattern into a corresponding regular expression,
returning a string describing the pattern. It does not compile the
-expression.
+expression. \strong{Version note:} in Python 1.4 and earlier, this
+function translated to \code{regex} (Emacs style) regular expressions;
+in 1.5 and later, it translates to \code{re} (Perl style) regular
+expressions.
\end{funcdesc}