diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 883b1b7..da6d3d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,26 +13,26 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         platform: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8"]
         gap-version: ["4.10.2", "4.11.0"]
         exclude:
-          - python-version: "3.6"
-            gap-version: "4.11.0"
           - python-version: "3.7"
             gap-version: "4.11.0"
           - python-version: "3.8"
             gap-version: "4.10.2"
+          - platform: "macos-latest"
+            python-version: "3.7"
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.platform }}"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           # Increase this value to reset cache manually
           CACHE_NUMBER: 0
         with:
           path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
           key: "${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.gap-version }}"
-      - uses: "conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2"
+      - uses: "conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3"
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
           python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3289c03..cfd3be0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ gappy/*.dll
 .eggs/
 dist/
 
+## Local development virtual env
+.venv*
+
 ## setuptools_scm files
 gappy/_version.py
 
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 68a0895..3218cdf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Changelog
 v0.1.0a4 (unreleased)
 ---------------------
 
+Breaking changes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Dropped support for Python 3.6; Python 3.7+ is officially supported (3.6 may
+  still work but is not tested).
+
 Enhancements
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1f0980a..02a6b4d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ accessed in this way:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    >>> GAPInfo.Version
+    >>> gap.GAPInfo.Version
     "4.dev"
 
 Most basic Python types have direct equivalents in GAP, and can be passed
diff --git a/gappy/gapobj.pyx b/gappy/gapobj.pyx
index 0b84ea5..e520eb7 100644
--- a/gappy/gapobj.pyx
+++ b/gappy/gapobj.pyx
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ cdef class GapObj:
         >>> from cysignals.alarm import alarm, AlarmInterrupt
         >>> a, b = gap.GL(1000, 3).GeneratorsOfGroup(); g = a * b
         >>> try:
-        ...     alarm(0.5); g ^ (2 ^ 10000)
+        ...     alarm(0.5); g ^ (gap(2) ^ 10000)
         ... except AlarmInterrupt:
         ...     print('interrupted long computation')
         ...
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c40469d..0c33e14 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name = gappy-system
 author = E. Madison Bray
-author-email = embray@lri.fr
+author_email = erik.m.bray@gmail.com
 description = Python interface to GAP
 url = https://github.com/embray/gappy
 long_description = file: README.rst, CHANGES.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ classifiers =
     License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
     Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
     Programming Language :: Cython
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 # We set packages to find: to automatically find all sub-packages
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.7
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
 install_requires =
     cysignals