diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a8d4f066e..00e061e007 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -545,23 +545,23 @@
 
     <!-- Current 4.x release series -->
     <commons.release.version>4.5</commons.release.version>
-    <commons.release.desc>(Requires Java 8 or later)</commons.release.desc>
+    <commons.release.desc>(Requires Java 8 or above)</commons.release.desc>
 
     <!-- Previous 4.2 release on Java 7 -->
     <commons.release.2.version>4.2</commons.release.2.version>
-    <commons.release.2.desc>(Requires Java 7 or later)</commons.release.2.desc>
+    <commons.release.2.desc>(Requires Java 7 or above)</commons.release.2.desc>
     <!-- Override generated name -->
     <commons.release.2.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.2.version}</commons.release.2.name>
 
     <!-- Previous 4.1 release on Java 6-->
     <commons.release.3.version>4.1</commons.release.3.version>
-    <commons.release.3.desc>(Requires Java 6 or later)</commons.release.3.desc>
+    <commons.release.3.desc>(Requires Java 6 or above)</commons.release.3.desc>
     <!-- Override generated name -->
     <commons.release.3.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.3.version}</commons.release.3.name>
 
     <!-- Previous 3.x release on Java 1.3 -->
     <commons.release.4.version>3.2.2</commons.release.4.version>
-    <commons.release.4.desc>(Requires Java 1.3 or later)</commons.release.4.desc>
+    <commons.release.4.desc>(Requires Java 1.3 or above)</commons.release.4.desc>
     <!-- Override generated name -->
     <commons.release.4.name>commons-collections-${commons.release.4.version}</commons.release.4.name>
     <!-- Older release has sha256 only -->
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_collections.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_collections.xml
index 420c3b9ba5..cec48dfbbe 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_collections.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_collections.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Collections 4.4 (Requires Java 8 or later)">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Collections 4.4 (Requires Java 8 or above)">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release_4_4.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release_4_4.xml
index 0e418c04f8..eec6013ef6 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release_4_4.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release_4_4.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Apache Commons Collections is a project to develop and maintain collection
 classes based on and inspired by the JDK collection framework.
 </p>
 <p>
-This 4.4 release is a minor and requires Java 8.
+This 4.4 release is a minor and requires Java 8 or above.
 This release fixes several bugs present in previous releases of the 4.x branch.
 </p>
 <p>