diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/readme.txt b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/readme.txt
index f9ac276cfc..5d30e1cb19 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/readme.txt
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/readme.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Twenty Twelve is Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,