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@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ Roles cover different aspects of infrastructure, such as mail servers, web
 servers, web applications etc. The roles are mainly well-suited for smaller
 installations.
 
-Roles are mainly written for use with *Debian 8 Jessie*, although some support
-*Debian 9 Stretch* as well. You can find out more about distribution
-compatibility in :ref:`rolereference`.
+Roles are written for use with *Debian GNU/Linux*. For more details on
+supported releases, see :ref:`rolereference`.
 
 At the moment, the roles have been written for and tested against **Ansible
 2.9.x**.