gh-75372: Specify major version in README for installation (GH-92759) (GH-94488)

(cherry picked from commit 3abda7a38a2a6803d4dbf70c6ae097ad5b59c58d)

Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 99db9b30c8ffffc30ebc890b88c3ab09356ed58e..0ccd54cbed72de7ad363a26262d5262f9a26b663 100644 (file)
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ script) you must take care that your primary python executable is not
 overwritten by the installation of a different version.  All files and
 directories installed using ``make altinstall`` contain the major and minor
 version and can thus live side-by-side.  ``make install`` also creates
-``${prefix}/bin/python3`` which refers to ``${prefix}/bin/pythonX.Y``.  If you
+``${prefix}/bin/python3`` which refers to ``${prefix}/bin/python3.X``.  If you
 intend to install multiple versions using the same prefix you must decide which
 version (if any) is your "primary" version.  Install that version using ``make
 install``.  Install all other versions using ``make altinstall``.