Today is the release date

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 7e4d68a..1dfd4fc 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@
    This saves the maintainer some effort going through the SVN logs
    when researching a change.
 
-This article explains the new features in Python 2.6.  The release
-schedule is described in :pep:`361`; currently the final release is
-scheduled for October 1 2008.
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.6, released on October 1
+2008.  The release schedule is described in :pep:`361`.
 
 The major theme of Python 2.6 is preparing the migration path to
 Python 3.0, a major redesign of the language.  Whenever possible,