diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index e553651ef3..f544ef68f1 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ Oracle notes
 
 Django supports `Oracle Database Server`_ versions 9i and higher. Oracle
 version 10g or later is required to use Django's ``regex`` and ``iregex`` query
-operators. You will also need the `cx_Oracle`_ driver, version 4.3.1 or newer.
+operators. You will also need a 4.X release of the `cx_Oracle`_ driver,
+version 4.3.1 or newer.
 
 .. _`Oracle Database Server`: http://www.oracle.com/
 .. _`cx_Oracle`: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/docs/topics/install.txt b/docs/topics/install.txt
index 766a106d99..7965b96834 100644
--- a/docs/topics/install.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/install.txt
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ installed.
   wrapper in the standard library, so you don't need to install anything extra
   in that case.
 
-* If you're using Oracle, you'll need cx_Oracle_, version 4.3.1 or higher. You
-  will also want to read the database-specific notes for the :ref:`Oracle
-  backend <oracle-notes>`.
+* If you're using Oracle, you'll need a 4.X release of cx_Oracle_, version
+  4.3.1 or higher. You will also want to read the database-specific notes for
+  the :ref:`Oracle backend <oracle-notes>`.
 
 If you plan to use Django's ``manage.py syncdb`` command to
 automatically create database tables for your models, you'll need to