diff --git a/Lib/site-packages/README b/Lib/site-packages/README
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-This directory exists so that 3rd party packages can be installed
-here.  Read the source for site.py for more details.
diff --git a/Lib/site-packages/README.txt b/Lib/site-packages/README.txt
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+This directory exists so that 3rd party packages can be installed
+here.  Read the source for site.py for more details.