diff --git a/Help/dev/maint.rst b/Help/dev/maint.rst
index 54d627dd52..151ea5a1b2 100644
--- a/Help/dev/maint.rst
+++ b/Help/dev/maint.rst
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ Update ``Source/CMakeVersion.cmake`` to set the version to
   set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 0)
   set(CMake_VERSION_RC 0)
 
-Update uses of ``DEVEL_CMAKE_VERSION`` in the source tree to mention the
-actual version number:
+Replace uses of ``DEVEL_CMAKE_VERSION`` in the source tree with
+the literal release version number string ``"$major.$minor.0"``:
 
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