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@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ The structure of these files can be found
 schema `mfer/mf.proto` for exact field numbers and types. Both are included in
 the [project repository](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/mfer).
 
-The current version is pre-1.0 and while the repo was published in 2022, there
-has not yet been any versioned release. [SemVer](https://semver.org) will be
-used for releases.
-
-A version is a git tag, and no file in the tree records a version number.
-`mfer version` prints the revision the build stamped into the binary, which for
-`make build` and the Docker image is the output of `git describe` on the
-checkout they build. A binary built without that stamp, as
+Releases are git tags named by [SemVer](https://semver.org), starting with
+`v1.0.0`. No file in the tree records a version number. `mfer version` prints
+the revision the build stamped into the binary, which for `make build` and the
+Docker image is the output of `git describe` on the checkout they build. A
+binary built without that stamp, as
 `go install sneak.berlin/go/mfer/cmd/mfer@<tag>` builds it, prints the module
 version Go records in it instead. A program that imports the `mfer` package
 finds the version it was built against in its own build information