diff --git a/docs/releaseprocedures.rst b/docs/releaseprocedures.rst
index a45070e423b4b0a2aba6b7a983d0c559f20eb290..1e3ef90978293f646543c063050782e9ce5f98fb 100644
--- a/docs/releaseprocedures.rst
+++ b/docs/releaseprocedures.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ When releasing a new minor/major version, procedure is as follows:
 4. Extract current version, set release version, and set issue associated with
    making the release::
 
-     CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep '^version = ' docs/conf.py | sed -e "s/^version = '//;s/'$//")
+     CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep '^release = ' docs/conf.py | sed -e "s/^release = '//;s/'$//")
      NEW_VERSION="MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
      ISSUE="MAR-NUMBER"