diff --git a/Doc/lib/libascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libascii.tex
index af40c2b938c..76db5261d2d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libascii.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libascii.tex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 \moduleauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com}
 \sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com}
 
-\versionadded{2.0}
+\versionadded{1.6}
 
 The \module{curses.ascii} module supplies name constants for
 \ASCII{} characters and functions to test membership in various