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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Short version:
 1. If you don't have SCons version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from
 http://wwww.scons.org.
 
-2. If you don't have SWIG version 0.96.91 or newer, get it from
+2. If you don't have SWIG version 1.3.28 or newer, get it from
 http://wwww.swig.org.
 
 3. In this directory, type 'scons build/ALPHA_SE/tests/debug/quick'.  This