diff --git a/language/exceptions.xml b/language/exceptions.xml
index d27634e711..d9731d6de6 100644
--- a/language/exceptions.xml
+++ b/language/exceptions.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class MyException extends Exception
 
   <simplesect xml:id="language.exceptions.introduction">
    <para>
-    PHP 5 has an exception model similar to that of other programming
+    PHP has an exception model similar to that of other programming
     languages.  An exception can be &throw;n, and caught ("&catch;ed") within
     PHP. Code may be surrounded in a &try; block, to facilitate the catching
     of potential exceptions. Each &try; must have at least one corresponding