diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt b/contrib/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt
index 705fb99652..409b44c3c2 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ scintilla/include directories from the Scintilla/SCiTE source
 distribution.  All other code needed to implement Scintilla on top of
 wxWindows is located in the directory above this one.
 
-The current version of the Scintilla code is somewhere between 1.22
-and 1.23, (from their CVS.)
+The current version of the Scintilla code is 1.25+ (from their CVS on
+5-19-2000).
+
diff --git a/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt b/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt
index 705fb99652..409b44c3c2 100644
--- a/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt
+++ b/src/stc/scintilla/README.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ scintilla/include directories from the Scintilla/SCiTE source
 distribution.  All other code needed to implement Scintilla on top of
 wxWindows is located in the directory above this one.
 
-The current version of the Scintilla code is somewhere between 1.22
-and 1.23, (from their CVS.)
+The current version of the Scintilla code is 1.25+ (from their CVS on
+5-19-2000).
+