diff --git a/xdocs/faq.xml b/xdocs/faq.xml
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--- a/xdocs/faq.xml
+++ b/xdocs/faq.xml
@@ -241,8 +241,32 @@
         <p>If only the JRE is present but not a full JDK then many
           tasks will not work.</p>
 
-        <p>Ant 1.6.* works with jdk 1.2 and higher, Ant 1.1 to Ant
-          1.5.* work with jdk 1.1 and higher.</p>
+        <p>The following table lists the minimum Java versions
+          required to compile and run Ant.  Note that most committers
+          work with more recent versions of the JDK and that Ant doesn't
+          get tested much for older versions.</p>
+
+        <table>
+          <tr>
+            <th>Ant Version</th>
+            <th>Minimum Java Version</th>
+          </tr>
+
+          <tr>
+            <td>1.1 up to 1.5.4</td>
+            <td>1.1</td>
+          </tr>
+
+          <tr>
+            <td>1.6.0 up to 1.7.0</td>
+            <td>1.2</td>
+          </tr>
+          
+          <tr>
+            <td>1.7.1 up to the current svn trunk</td>
+            <td>1.3</td>
+          </tr>
+        </table>
       </answer>
     </faq>