diff --git a/docs/manpage.rst b/docs/manpage.rst
index 8a5b09a..68845be 100644
--- a/docs/manpage.rst
+++ b/docs/manpage.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Description
 -----------
 :program:`sshuttle` allows you to create a VPN connection from your
 machine to any remote server that you can connect to via
-ssh, as long as that server has python 2.3 or higher.
+ssh, as long as that server has python 3.5 or higher.
 
 To work, you must have root access on the local machine,
 but you can have a normal account on the server.
diff --git a/docs/requirements.rst b/docs/requirements.rst
index 0631d66..27072b4 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.rst
+++ b/docs/requirements.rst
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ cmd.exe with Administrator access. See :doc:`windows` for more information.
 
 Server side Requirements
 ------------------------
-The server can run in any version of Python between 2.4 and 3.6.
-However it is recommended that you use Python 2.7, Python 3.5 or later whenever
-possible as support for older versions might be dropped in the future.
+
+- Python 3.5 or greater.
 
 
 Additional Suggested Software
diff --git a/sshuttle/ssnet.py b/sshuttle/ssnet.py
index 7604093..b97516e 100644
--- a/sshuttle/ssnet.py
+++ b/sshuttle/ssnet.py
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ from sshuttle.helpers import b, log, debug1, debug2, debug3, Fatal
 MAX_CHANNEL = 65535
 LATENCY_BUFFER_SIZE = 32768
 
-# these don't exist in the socket module in python 2.3!
 SHUT_RD = 0
 SHUT_WR = 1
 SHUT_RDWR = 2
 
-
 HDR_LEN = 8
 
-
 CMD_EXIT = 0x4200
 CMD_PING = 0x4201
 CMD_PONG = 0x4202