DOC: Remove references to diagonal changes in 1.8.

Not happening. Also remove reference to selecting multiple fields out of
an array returning a view from 1.8.0 release notes.

Closes #3228.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py b/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py
index 0dacd4bca..3ed1c13b0 100644
--- a/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py
+++ b/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py
@@ -1130,10 +1130,10 @@ def diagonal(a, offset=0, axis1=0, axis2=1):
     on this fact is deprecated. Writing to the resulting array continues to
     work as it used to, but a FutureWarning will be issued.
 
-    In NumPy 1.8, it will switch to returning a read-only view on the original
+    In NumPy 1.9, it will switch to returning a read-only view on the original
     array. Attempting to write to the resulting array will produce an error.
 
-    In NumPy 1.9, it will still return a view, but this view will no longer be
+    In NumPy 1.10, it will still return a view, but this view will no longer be
     marked read-only. Writing to the returned array will alter your original
     array as well.
 
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arrayobject.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arrayobject.c
index 062b839aa..6db6060c9 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arrayobject.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arrayobject.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ array_might_be_written(PyArrayObject *obj)
     const char *msg =
         "Numpy has detected that you (may be) writing to an array returned\n"
         "by numpy.diagonal or by selecting multiple fields in a record\n"
-        "array. This code will likely break in the next numpy release --\n"
+        "array. This code will likely break in a future numpy release --\n"
         "see numpy.diagonal or arrays.indexing reference docs for details.\n"
         "The quick fix is to make an explicit copy (e.g., do\n"
         "arr.diagonal().copy() or arr[['f0','f1']].copy()).";