GH-100894: Updated the doc for `sys.winver` to clarify its usual contents (GH-100913)

diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 428ce51165c9b522fb77b118fc79ddeb089713f0..28adca1f618d753417edb553f7014595cbd4c454 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ always available.
 
    The version number used to form registry keys on Windows platforms. This is
    stored as string resource 1000 in the Python DLL.  The value is normally the
-   first three characters of :const:`version`.  It is provided in the :mod:`sys`
+   major and minor versions of the running Python interpreter.  It is provided in the :mod:`sys`
    module for informational purposes; modifying this value has no effect on the
    registry keys used by Python.