diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9ba33e6a141..8474ad01bf9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ Issues of note:
 	  use English. Under autoconf the configure script will do this
 	  automatically if it can't find libintl on the system.
 
-	- Python version 2.4 or later (but not 3.x, which is not
-	  supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface
+	- Python version 2.7 or later is needed to use the git-p4 interface
 	  to Perforce.
 
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fb86c58624..a751065b248 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ all::
 # modules, instead of the fallbacks shipped with Git.
 #
 # Define PYTHON_PATH to the path of your Python binary (often /usr/bin/python
-# but /usr/bin/python2.7 on some platforms).
+# but /usr/bin/python2.7 or /usr/bin/python3 on some platforms).
 #
 # Define NO_PYTHON if you do not want Python scripts or libraries at all.
 #