diff --git a/doc/exceptions.html b/doc/exceptions.html
index 789ebc16..c5d6635e 100644
--- a/doc/exceptions.html
+++ b/doc/exceptions.html
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ the archive is opened, It is presumed that this file is not a valid archive and
 exception is thrown.
 
 <h3><a name="unsupported_version"><code style="white-space: normal">unsupported_version</code></a></h3>
-This system assigns a version number of 3 to all archives created.  Note that this is in
+This system records the current library version number to all archives created.  Note that this is in
 no way related to version number of classes used by application programs. This refers
 to the version of the serialization system used to create the archive. Future versions
 of this serialization system will be able to identify archives created under previous