diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index 3e35d1f8387..d165dbabcf9 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 }
 
 \date{\today}			% XXX update before release!
-\release{2.2a0}			% software release, not documentation
+\release{2.2}			% software release, not documentation
+\setreleaseinfo{a0}			% empty for final release
 \setshortversion{2.2}		% major.minor only for software