diff --git a/docs/INTERNALS.md b/docs/INTERNALS.md
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--- a/docs/INTERNALS.md
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@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ supply a stdint.h header file that defines C99-style fixed-width integer types
 like uint32_t.
 
 We write libcurl to build and work with lots of third party tools, and we
-want it to remain functional and buildable with these and later versions
-(older versions may still work but is not what we work hard to maintain):
+want it to remain functional and buildable with these and higher versions
+(lower versions may still work but is not what we work hard to maintain):
 
 ## Dependencies