diff --git a/src/reference/spring-faces.xml b/src/reference/spring-faces.xml
index be572bc6..82c562a2 100644
--- a/src/reference/spring-faces.xml
+++ b/src/reference/spring-faces.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="
 			a Spring Security tag library for use in JSF environments,
 			see <xref linkend="spring-faces-security-taglib" /> for more details.
 		</para>
+		<para>Spring Web Flow 2.5 requires JSF 2.2 or higher.</para>
 	</sect1>
 
 	<sect1 xml:id="spring-faces-config-web.xml">
diff --git a/src/reference/whatsnew.xml b/src/reference/whatsnew.xml
index f8ad6cf2..7cbd3ecd 100644
--- a/src/reference/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/src/reference/whatsnew.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 			The <emphasis>spring-js-resources</emphasis> module is available as an optional module that
 			must be included explicitly.
 		</para>
+		<para>This release requires JSF 2.2 or higher.</para>
 	</sect1>
 
 	<sect1 xml:id="whatsnew-swf-240">