From c41e09719dba2992edd049989e4865a4be82b506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrod Millman <jarrod.millman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:41:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Use consistent release tags

---
 RELEASE.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE.rst b/RELEASE.rst
index cd66389f..8e9283fc 100644
--- a/RELEASE.rst
+++ b/RELEASE.rst
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ Process
     git add numpydoc/__init__.py doc/release_notes.rst
     git commit -m 'Designate <version> release'
 
-- Add the version number as a tag in git::
+- Add the version number (e.g., `v1.2.0`) as a tag in git::
 
-    git tag -s [-u <key-id>] numpydoc-<version> -m 'signed <version> tag'
+    git tag -s [-u <key-id>] v<version> -m 'signed <version> tag'
 
   If you do not have a gpg key, use -u instead; it is important for
   Debian packaging that the tags are annotated