diff --git a/Scrapy-release-procedure.md b/Scrapy-release-procedure.md
index 0921987..4d26fb1 100644
--- a/Scrapy-release-procedure.md
+++ b/Scrapy-release-procedure.md
@@ -22,36 +22,36 @@ and merged into the target branch.
 the `upstream` remote in your local clone, which you can do with:
 `git remote add upstream git@github.com:scrapy/scrapy.git`
 
-If you are releasing major version `1.0.0`:
+If you are releasing major version `x.0.0`:
 
 ```bash
 git checkout master
 git pull --ff-only upstream master
 git log -1  # Check that the last commit is the release notes update
 bump2version major
-git checkout -b 1.0
-git push upstream master 1.0 1.0.0
+git checkout -b x.0
+git push upstream master x.0 x.0.0
 ```
 
-If you are releasing minor version `1.2.0`:
+If you are releasing minor version `x.y.0`:
 
 ```bash
 git checkout master
 git pull --ff-only upstream master
 git log -1  # Check that the last commit is the release notes update
 bump2version minor
-git checkout -b 1.2
-git push upstream master 1.2 1.2.0
+git checkout -b x.y
+git push upstream master x.y x.y.0
 ```
 
-If you are releasing patch version `1.2.3`:
+If you are releasing patch version `x.y.z`:
 
 ```bash
-git checkout 1.2
-git pull --ff-only upstream 1.2
+git checkout x.y
+git pull --ff-only upstream x.y
 git log -1  # Check that the last commit is the release notes update
 bump2version patch
-git push upstream 1.2 1.2.3
+git push upstream x.y x.y.z
 ```
 
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