Index: lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexFormatTooOldException.java
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--- lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexFormatTooOldException.java	(revision 1189638)
+++ lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexFormatTooOldException.java	(working copy)
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
   public IndexFormatTooOldException(String filename, String version) {
     super("Format version is not supported" + (filename!=null ? (" in file '" + filename + "'") : "") +
-        ": " + version + ". This version of Lucene only supports indexes created with release 3.0 and later.");
+        ": " + version + ". This version of Lucene only supports indexes created with release 1.9 and later.");
   }
   
   public IndexFormatTooOldException(String filename, int version, int minVersion, int maxVersion) {
     super("Format version is not supported" + (filename!=null ? (" in file '" + filename + "'") : "") +
         ": " + version + " (needs to be between " + minVersion + " and " + maxVersion +
-    "). This version of Lucene only supports indexes created with release 3.0 and later.");
+    "). This version of Lucene only supports indexes created with release 1.9 and later.");
   }
 
 }