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@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ If you are developing on Windows with TCP connections:
 
 ## Version Policy
 
-pgx follows semantic versioning for the documented public API. ```master```
-branch tracks the latest stable branch (```v2```). Consider using ```import
-"gopkg.in/jackc/pgx.v2"``` to lock to the ```v2``` branch or use a vendoring
-tool such as [godep](https://github.com/tools/godep).
+pgx follows semantic versioning for the documented public API on stable releases. Branch ```v2``` is the latest stable release. ```master``` can contain new features or behavior that will change or be removed before being merged to the stable ```v2``` branch (in practice, this occurs very rarely).
+
+Consider using a vendoring
+tool such as [godep](https://github.com/tools/godep) or importing pgx via ```import
+"gopkg.in/jackc/pgx.v2"``` to lock to the ```v2``` branch.