diff --git a/Lib/Bastion.py b/Lib/Bastion.py
index 58cce97..93511b0 100644
--- a/Lib/Bastion.py
+++ b/Lib/Bastion.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
     """
 
-    raise RuntimeError, "This code is not secure in Python 2.2 and 2.3"
+    raise RuntimeError, "This code is not secure in Python 2.2 and later"
 
     # Note: we define *two* ad-hoc functions here, get1 and get2.
     # Both are intended to be called in the same way: get(name).
diff --git a/Lib/rexec.py b/Lib/rexec.py
index d289d6a..8c9cb9f 100644
--- a/Lib/rexec.py
+++ b/Lib/rexec.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 
         """
 
-        raise RuntimeError, "This code is not secure in Python 2.2 and 2.3"
+        raise RuntimeError, "This code is not secure in Python 2.2 and later"
 
         ihooks._Verbose.__init__(self, verbose)
         # XXX There's a circular reference here: