Newer brokers should not result in new errors for existing clients
diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/KafkaConsumer.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/KafkaConsumer.java
index a64bdfb..25551a3 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/KafkaConsumer.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/KafkaConsumer.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
* The consumer is not thread-safe. See <a href="#multithreaded">Multi-threaded Processing</a> for more details.
*
* <h3>Cross-Version Compatibility</h3>
- * This client can communicate with brokers that are version 2.1 or newer. Older or newer brokers may not support
+ * This client can communicate with brokers that are version 2.1 or newer. Older brokers may not support
* certain features. For example, 3.9 brokers do not support {@code subscribe(SubscriptionPattern)}, because this feature was added
* in version 4.0. You will receive an {@link org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException}
* when invoking an API that is not available on the running broker version.
