diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/runner/Runner.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/runner/Runner.java
index aac3b1c496..5d2bbe9fef 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/runner/Runner.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/runner/Runner.java
@@ -766,9 +766,9 @@ public static boolean handleCommonErrors(final String exceptionClass,
 
     } else if (exceptionClass.equals("java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError")) {
       listener.statusError("UnsupportedClassVersionError: A library is using code compiled with an unsupported version of Java.");
-      err.println("This version of Processing only supports libraries and JAR files compiled for Java 1.6 or earlier.");
-      err.println("A library used by this sketch was compiled for Java 1.7 or later, ");
-      err.println("and needs to be recompiled to be compatible with Java 1.6.");
+      err.println("This version of Processing only supports libraries and JAR files compiled for Java 1.8 or earlier.");
+      err.println("A library used by this sketch was compiled for Java 1.9 or later, ");
+      err.println("and needs to be recompiled to be compatible with Java 1.8.");
 
     } else if (exceptionClass.equals("java.lang.NoSuchMethodError") ||
                exceptionClass.equals("java.lang.NoSuchFieldError")) {