diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index fc020ab040..19622128dd 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ files and proceed as stated below.
 
 You will also probably need GNU m4 (perhaps installed as gm4).
 
+
 Requirements
 ------------
 
 First of all, you will also need a recent C++ compiler, where recent
-means that the compilers are close to C++ standard conforming (gcc 3.x).
+means that the compilers are close to C++ standard conforming (gcc 3.4.x).
 
 LyX 1.6.x makes great use of C++ Standard Template Library (STL).
 This means that gcc users will have to install the relevant libstdc++
diff --git a/README b/README
index 6a561b77b9..6abd99542b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
 
     * A good C++ compiler.  Development is being done mainly with
       gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.6.0, you need at
-      least gcc 3.2.x.
+      least gcc 3.4.x.
 
     * The Qt4 library, version 4.2.0 or newer.