diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 0f108cc67..5449303a5 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Rake is available under an MIT-style license.
 = Other stuff
 
 Author::   Jim Weirich <jim.weirich@gmail.com>
-Requires:: Ruby 1.9.3 or later
+Requires:: Ruby 2.0.0 or later
 License::  Copyright Jim Weirich.
            Released under an MIT-style license.  See the MIT-LICENSE
            file included in the distribution.