diff --git a/toolchain/haxe-target.xml b/toolchain/haxe-target.xml
index fd2134137..076dce221 100644
--- a/toolchain/haxe-target.xml
+++ b/toolchain/haxe-target.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <xml>
 
 <!-- make sure hxcpp.n is up to date -->
-<pleaseUpdateHxcppTool version="3" />
+<pleaseUpdateHxcppTool version="4" />
 
 <pragma once="true" />
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 <!-- You can override the exes an "exe" section on your own .hxcpp_config -->
 <!-- You can use replace="1" to change the compiler, or omit to add flags -->
 
-<!-- Library files & targets -------------------------------------->
+<!-- Library files & targets -->
 
 <files id="cffi-depends">
   <depend name="${HXCPP}/include/hx/CFFI.h"/>
diff --git a/tools/hxcpp/BuildTool.hx b/tools/hxcpp/BuildTool.hx
index e5103747a..cd809ff00 100644
--- a/tools/hxcpp/BuildTool.hx
+++ b/tools/hxcpp/BuildTool.hx
@@ -2334,8 +2334,8 @@ class BuildTool
    public function checkToolVersion(inVersion:String)
    {
       var ver = Std.parseInt(inVersion);
-      if (ver>3)
-         Log.error("Your version of hxcpp.n is out-of-date.  Please update.");
+      if (ver>4)
+         Log.error("Your version of hxcpp.n is out-of-date.  Please update by compiling 'haxe compile.hxml' in hxcpp/tools/hxcpp.");
    }
 
    public function resolvePath(inPath:String)