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@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ You can also install pyenv using the
 [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) package manager on Mac OS
 X.
 
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 $ brew update
 $ brew install pyenv
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 To later update these installs, use `upgrade` instead of `install`.