diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 04e1875c7..79b7392da 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ allprojects {
 	}
 	group = 'org.igniterealtime.smack'
 	sourceCompatibility = 1.7
+	targetCompatibility = sourceCompatibility
 	version = shortVersion
 	if (isSnapshot) {
 		version += '-SNAPSHOT'
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 task prepareReleasedocs(type: Copy) {
 	from 'resources/releasedocs'
 	into releasedocsDir
-	filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [version: version, releasedate: buildDate])
+	filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [version: version, releasedate: buildDate, targetCompatibility: targetCompatibility.toString()])
 }
 
 task distributionZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: [javadocAll, prepareReleasedocs]) {
diff --git a/documentation/gettingstarted.html b/documentation/gettingstarted.html
index ee5c35273..de817b244 100644
--- a/documentation/gettingstarted.html
+++ b/documentation/gettingstarted.html
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ important classes and concepts.
 JAR Files and Requirements
 </p>
 
-Smack is meant to be easily embedded into any existing JDK 1.5 or later Java application.
-It has no external dependencies (except for the Jingle voice chat functionality) and is optimized
-to be as small as possible. The library ships as several JAR files to provide more flexibility
-over which features applications require:
+Smack is meant to be easily embedded into any existing Java application.
+The library ships as several JAR files to provide more flexibility over which features applications require:
 
 <ul>
     <li><tt>smack-core.jar</tt> -- provides core XMPP functionality. All XMPP features that are
diff --git a/resources/releasedocs/README.html b/resources/releasedocs/README.html
index d1a220e4c..962c43fbc 100644
--- a/resources/releasedocs/README.html
+++ b/resources/releasedocs/README.html
@@ -154,18 +154,27 @@ hr {
 </table>
 
 <p>
-Thank you for downloading Smack!
-<p>
+Thank you for downloading Smack! This version of Smack is compatible
+with JVMs @targetCompatibility@ or higher. If you dont' use a
+dependency resolution system, like gradle or maven, then you will need
+to download at least
+the <a href="http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/xgws/xsoap/xpp/mxp1/">Xml
+Pull Parser 3rd Edition (XPP3) library</a> or any other library that
+implements the XmlPullParser interface
+(like <a href="http://kxml.org/">kXML</a>).
+</p>
 
+<p>
 Start off by viewing the <a href="documentation/index.html">documentation</a>
 that can be found in the "documentation" directory included with this distribution.
-<p>
+</p>
 Further information can be found on the <a href="http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/smack">
 Smack website</a>. If you need help using or would like to make contributions or
 fixes to the code, please visit the 
 <a href="https://community.igniterealtime.org">online forum</a>.
- 
-<p><b>About the Distribution</b><p>
+</p>
+
+<p><b>About the Distribution</b></p>
 
 The <tt>smack-core.jar</tt> file in the main distribution folder. The optional
 <tt>smack-extensions.jar</tt> contains the <a href="documentation/extensions/index.html">Smack extensions</a>