--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.cpp 2016-04-01 13:46:33.528748498 -0700 +++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.cpp 2016-04-01 13:46:33.396748503 -0700 @@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ if (value > bitmap_size) { CommandLineError::print(verbose, "CMSBitMapYieldQuantum (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must " - "be less than or equal to bitmap size (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n", + "be less than or equal to bitmap size (" SIZE_FORMAT ") " + "whose size corresponds to the size of old generation of the Java heap\n", value, bitmap_size); return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT; }