diff --git a/docs/sphinx/tutorial.rst b/docs/sphinx/tutorial.rst
index 754ac1ec..351941dc 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/tutorial.rst
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ Let's start with a new wscript file in the directory '/tmp/myproject'::
 	def build(bld):
 		print("build!")
 
-We will also use a Waf binary file, for example waf-1.8.8, which we will copy in the project directory::
+We will also use a Waf binary file, for example waf-1.9.14, which we will copy in the project directory::
 
 	$ cd /tmp/myproject
-	$ wget https://waf.io/waf-1.8.8
+	$ wget https://waf.io/waf-1.9.14
 
 To execute the project, we will simply call the command as an argument to ``waf``::
 
-	$ ./waf-1.8.8 configure build
+	$ ./waf-1.9.14 configure build
 	configure!
 	build!
 
diff --git a/waflib/Scripting.py b/waflib/Scripting.py
index 610ccdea..3dfc5307 100644
--- a/waflib/Scripting.py
+++ b/waflib/Scripting.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class Dist(Context.Context):
 		try:
 			return self.excl
 		except AttributeError:
-			self.excl = Node.exclude_regs + ' **/waf-1.8.* **/.waf-1.8* **/waf3-1.8.* **/.waf3-1.8* **/*~ **/*.rej **/*.orig **/*.pyc **/*.pyo **/*.bak **/*.swp **/.lock-w*'
+			self.excl = Node.exclude_regs + ' **/waf-1.* **/.waf-1.* **/waf3-1.* **/.waf3-1.* **/*~ **/*.rej **/*.orig **/*.pyc **/*.pyo **/*.bak **/*.swp **/.lock-w*'
 			if Context.out_dir:
 				nd = self.root.find_node(Context.out_dir)
 				if nd:
diff --git a/waflib/extras/codelite.py b/waflib/extras/codelite.py
index 5bb7cc43..14cfa28a 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/codelite.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/codelite.py
@@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ class vsnode_project_view(vsnode_alias):
                 vsnode_alias.__init__(self, ctx, node, name)
                 self.tg = self.ctx() # fake one, cannot remove
                 self.exclude_files = Node.exclude_regs + '''
-waf-1.8.*
-waf3-1.8.*/**
-.waf-1.8.*
-.waf3-1.8.*/**
+waf-1.*
+waf3-1.*/**
+.waf-1.*
+.waf3-1.*/**
 **/*.sdf
 **/*.suo
 **/*.ncb
diff --git a/waflib/extras/msvs.py b/waflib/extras/msvs.py
index a2b08646..ec728f33 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/msvs.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/msvs.py
@@ -638,10 +638,10 @@ class vsnode_project_view(vsnode_alias):
 		vsnode_alias.__init__(self, ctx, node, name)
 		self.tg = self.ctx() # fake one, cannot remove
 		self.exclude_files = Node.exclude_regs + '''
-waf-1.8.*
-waf3-1.8.*/**
-.waf-1.8.*
-.waf3-1.8.*/**
+waf-1.*
+waf3-1.*/**
+.waf-1.*
+.waf3-1.*/**
 **/*.sdf
 **/*.suo
 **/*.ncb