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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ The Element fork includes the following changes:
 Some changes that appear here may get upstreamed to https://github.com/mautrix/telegram, and will be removed from
 the list when they appear in both versions.
 
+Tagged versions will appear as `v{UPSTREAM-VERSION}-mod-{VERSION}`
+
+E.g. The third modification release to 1.0 of the upstream bridge would be `v1.0-mod-3`.
+
 # mautrix-telegram
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