diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.rst b/docs/drvqemu.rst
index 12e3369e5d..e18075d865 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.rst
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 KVM/QEMU hypervisor driver
 ==========================
 
-The libvirt KVM/QEMU driver can manage any QEMU emulator from version 1.5.0 or
+The libvirt KVM/QEMU driver can manage any QEMU emulator from version 2.11.0 or
 later.
 
 .. contents::
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index 7451929807..1a3eae2c07 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static const char *const i386_machines[] = {
     "pc", "isapc", NULL
 };
 /**
- * Oldest supported qemu-1.5 supports machine types back to pc-0.10.
+ * Oldest supported qemu-2.11 supports machine types back to pc-0.10.
  */
 static const char *const x86_64_machines[] = {
     "pc", "isapc", "q35",