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     The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 7.6.2
    =============================================================
 
-The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC, 7.6.2.
+The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new patchlevel release of GHC, 7.6.2.
 
 This release fixes a number of bugs relative to 7.6.1, so we recommend
 upgrading.