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: