diff --git a/doc/bison.texi b/doc/bison.texi
index 275332ca..ec78af7e 100644
--- a/doc/bison.texi
+++ b/doc/bison.texi
@@ -11836,7 +11836,7 @@ then the parser's to get the set of defined tokens.
 // Of course, when compiling C as C++, expect warnings about NULL.
 #if defined __clang__
 # pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant"
-#elif defined __GNUC__
+#elif defined __GNUC__ && 407 <= __GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__
 # pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant"
 #endif