diff --git a/docs/docs/compile.xml b/docs/docs/compile.xml
index b907d540f..8f792973d 100644
--- a/docs/docs/compile.xml
+++ b/docs/docs/compile.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             <a href="examples/CMakeLists.txt.html">examples/CMakeLists.txt</a>
         </p>
         <p>
-        I try to make sure everything compiles fine under Visual Studio .NET 2005 (and above) and gcc (3.4 and above).  
+        I try to make sure everything compiles fine under Visual Studio .NET 2005 (and above) and gcc (4.1 and above).  
         </p>
         <p>
            Again, note that you should <b><i>not</i></b> add the dlib folder itself to your compiler's include path.