diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_support.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_support.rb
index f6bb000bc2..d3e0a6bda2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_support.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_support.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class KegOnlyReason
     case @reason
     when :provided_pre_mountain_lion
       MacOS.version < :mountain_lion
+    when :provided_pre_mavericks
+      MacOS.version < :mavericks
     when :provided_until_xcode43
       MacOS::Xcode.version < "4.3"
     when :provided_until_xcode5
@@ -30,8 +32,11 @@ OS X already provides this software and installing another version in
 parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.
 EOS
     when :shadowed_by_osx then <<-EOS
-OS X provides similar software, and installing this software in
+OS X provides similar software and installing this software in
 parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.
+EOS
+    when :provided_pre_mavericks then <<-EOS
+OS X already provides this software in versions before Mavericks.
 EOS
     when :provided_pre_mountain_lion then <<-EOS
 OS X already provides this software in versions before Mountain Lion.