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 <h3>Download</h3>
-
+<p>Current version: <b>{{ version }}</b></p>
 <p>Get Sphinx from the <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sphinx">Python Package
 Index</a>, or install it with:</p>
 <pre>easy_install Sphinx</pre>