diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 379930fd7aa0c9c43c408a4e5bc1621068b6ec1c..b94e1e4cb6137d3214bde7bccf55fe2dcb9b76cf 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.14"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.14+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 090d65bee0dbe02c07bf7077affbf5d136204561..6e1d9c4c580a424929db4785fcc329d9c3f2fe92 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.7.14
-=============================
+This is Python version 3.7.14+
+==============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.7
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI