diff --git a/base/timing.jl b/base/timing.jl
index a72f2980ca3b8..f924382a37a47 100644
--- a/base/timing.jl
+++ b/base/timing.jl
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ See also [`@showtime`](@ref), [`@timev`](@ref), [`@timed`](@ref), [`@elapsed`](@
 !!! compat "Julia 1.8"
     The option to add a description was introduced in Julia 1.8.
 
-!!! compat "Julia 1.9"
-    Recompilation time being shown separately from compilation time was introduced in Julia 1.9
+    Recompilation time being shown separately from compilation time was introduced in Julia 1.8
 
 ```julia-repl
 julia> x = rand(10,10);