diff --git a/release-procedure.md b/release-procedure.md
index 682f959f..fca90b93 100644
--- a/release-procedure.md
+++ b/release-procedure.md
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
-* Verify that latest build was passing https://travis-ci.org/k-bx/python-semver
+#################
+Release procedure
+#################
+
+* Verify that issues about new release are closed https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/issues and that no pull requests that should be included in this release haven't been left out https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/pulls
+
+* Verify that continuous integration for latest build was passing https://travis-ci.org/k-bx/python-semver
 
 * Verify that `__version__` in [semver.py](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/semver.py) have been updated and follow https://semver.org/
 
-* Verify that [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/CHANGELOG) have been updated
+* Verify that [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst) have been updated
 
 * If one or several supported Python versions have been removed or added, verify that the 3 following files have been updated:
   * [setup.py](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/setup.py)
   * [tox.ini](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/tox.ini)
   * [.travis.yml](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/.travis.yml)
 
-* Verify that doc reflecting new changes have been updated
+* Verify that doc reflecting new changes have been updated and are available at https://python-semver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ If necessary, trigger doc build at https://readthedocs.org/projects/python-semver/
 
 * Add eventually new contributor(s) to [CONTRIBUTORS](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS)
 
 * Tag commit and push to github using command line interface
+
 ```bash
 git tag -a x.x.x -m 'Version x.x.x'
 git push python-semver master --tags
 ```
+
 or using GitHub web interface available at https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/releases
 
 * Upload to PyPI
@@ -29,4 +37,3 @@ twine upload dist/*
 ```
 
 * Go to https://pypi.org/project/semver/ to verify that new version is online and page is rendered correctly
-
diff --git a/semver.py b/semver.py
index 2bcb4de7..6bc9fcab 100644
--- a/semver.py
+++ b/semver.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-__version__ = '2.8.2'
+__version__ = '2.9.0'
 __author__ = 'Kostiantyn Rybnikov'
 __author_email__ = 'k-bx@k-bx.com'
 __maintainer__ = 'Sebastien Celles'