diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bfd21b1..db299e61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12)
 project (benchmark)
 
 foreach(p
diff --git a/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake b/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake
index b106f32b..6efe6a84 100644
--- a/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CXXFeatureCheck.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # include(CXXFeatureCheck)
 # cxx_feature_check(STD_REGEX)
-# Requires CMake 2.6+
+# Requires CMake 2.8.12+
 
 if(__cxx_feature_check)
   return()