diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index c75169b4..efe43fe3 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ setup() {
     LATEST_TAG_COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-list -1 $LATEST_TAG)
     LATEST_RELEASE_SHA=$(git rev-parse latest_release)
     LATEST_RELEASE_COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-list -1 latest_release)
-    VERSION=${LATEST_TAG}
+    if [ "$RELEASE_TYPE" != 'PRERELEASE' ] ; then
+        VERSION=${LATEST_TAG#v}
+    else
+        VERSION=${LATEST_TAG}
+    fi
     # NB does not check that this tag is on master
     RELEASE_DIR=./releases/$LATEST_TAG
 }
@@ -252,8 +256,8 @@ usage() {
 # Ensure required tooling is installed
 if ! which github-release >/dev/null; then
     echo "Please install git-release:" >&2
-    echo -e "\tgo get github.com/aktau/github-release" >&2
-    echo "and create a git token per https://github.com/aktau/github-release" >&2
+    echo -e "\tgo get github.com/weaveworks/github-release" >&2
+    echo "and create a git token per https://github.com/weaveworks/github-release" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/docs/release-process.md b/docs/release-process.md
index 3f00d751..10c2f2ac 100644
--- a/docs/release-process.md
+++ b/docs/release-process.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ behaviours for that type of release will be obtained from the script.
 * Choose a version tag (see above) henceforth referred to as `$TAG`.
 * Add a changelog entry for the new tag at the top of `CHANGELOG.md`.
   The first line must be a markdown header of the form `## Release
-  $TAG`
+  $TAG` for **Prerelease** builds, `## Release ${TAG#v}` otherwise.
 
 Commit the changelog update: