@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ Process-wide parameters
615615 returned string points into static storage; the caller should not modify its
616616 value. This corresponds to the :makevar: `prefix ` variable in the top-level
617617 :file: `Makefile ` and the :option: `--prefix ` argument to the :program: `configure `
618- script at build time. The value is available to Python code as ``sys.prefix ``.
618+ script at build time. The value is available to Python code as ``sys.base_prefix ``.
619619 It is only useful on Unix. See also the next function.
620620
621621 This function should not be called before :c:func: `Py_Initialize `, otherwise
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
625625 It now returns ``NULL `` if called before :c:func: `Py_Initialize `.
626626
627627 .. deprecated-removed :: 3.13 3.15
628- Get :data: `sys.prefix ` instead.
628+ Get :data: `sys.base_prefix ` instead, or :data: `sys.prefix ` if
629+ :ref: `virtual environments <venv-def >` need to be handled.
629630
630631
631632.. c :function :: wchar_t * Py_GetExecPrefix ()
@@ -638,7 +639,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
638639 should not modify its value. This corresponds to the :makevar: `exec_prefix `
639640 variable in the top-level :file: `Makefile ` and the ``--exec-prefix ``
640641 argument to the :program: `configure ` script at build time. The value is
641- available to Python code as ``sys.exec_prefix ``. It is only useful on Unix.
642+ available to Python code as ``sys.base_exec_prefix ``. It is only useful on
643+ Unix.
642644
643645 Background: The exec-prefix differs from the prefix when platform dependent
644646 files (such as executables and shared libraries) are installed in a different
@@ -669,7 +671,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
669671 It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
670672
671673 .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
672- Get :data:`sys.exec_prefix` instead.
674+ Get :data:`sys.base_exec_prefix` instead, or :data:`sys.exec_prefix` if
675+ :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need to be handled.
673676
674677
675678.. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetProgramFullPath()
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