diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 33c4153..8429616 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pipe = Popen("git describe --tags --always", stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
 git_version = pipe.stdout.read().decode("utf8")
 
 if git_version:
-    version = git_version
+    version = git_version.rsplit("-", 1)[0]
     release = git_version
 else:
     version = ""
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 2a8d4c5..f50d76e 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-==============
- sqlite-utils
-==============
+=======================
+ sqlite-utils |version|
+=======================
 
 *Python utility functions for manipulating SQLite databases*