diff --git a/absl/base/policy_checks.h b/absl/base/policy_checks.h
index d13073c8..2626fb6a 100644
--- a/absl/base/policy_checks.h
+++ b/absl/base/policy_checks.h
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 // Toolchain Check
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// We support MSVC++ 14.0 update 2 and later.
+// We support Visual Studio 2017 (MSVC++ 15.0) and later.
 // This minimum will go up.
-#if defined(_MSC_FULL_VER) && _MSC_FULL_VER < 190023918 && !defined(__clang__)
-#error "This package requires Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 or higher."
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1910 && !defined(__clang__)
+#error "This package requires Visual Studio 2017 (MSVC++ 15.0) or higher."
 #endif
 
 // We support gcc 5 and later.