diff --git a/examples/guestfs-faq.pod b/examples/guestfs-faq.pod
index fed03ef66..c1c0cad57 100644
--- a/examples/guestfs-faq.pod
+++ b/examples/guestfs-faq.pod
@@ -150,11 +150,6 @@ To get further information about the failure, you have to run:
 If, after using this, you still don't understand the failure, contact
 us (see previous section).
 
-=head2 "guestfs_java_callback: jvm->GetEnv failed! (JNI_* error code = -3)"
-
-This is caused by the JVM version being too old.  JVM E<ge> 1.6 is
-required.
-
 =head2 Non-ASCII characters don't appear on VFAT filesystems.
 
 Typical symptoms of this problem:
diff --git a/generator/java.ml b/generator/java.ml
index 660d37a52..1fc0e3b03 100644
--- a/generator/java.ml
+++ b/generator/java.ml
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ guestfs_java_callback (guestfs_h *g,
                __func__, event, event_handle);
       return;
 
+    case JNI_EVERSION:
+      fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: event %%\" PRIu64 \" (eh %%d) failed because the JVM version is too old.  JVM >= 1.6 is required.\\n\",
+               __func__, event, event_handle);
+      return;
+
     default:
       fprintf (stderr, \"%%s: jvm->GetEnv failed! (JNI_* error code = %%d)\\n\",
                __func__, r);