diff --git a/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt b/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
index 39cd1fcf56..76c3da9af5 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ plugin project.
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 mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.google.gerrit \
     -DarchetypeArtifactId=gerrit-plugin-archetype \
-    -DarchetypeVersion=2.9-SNAPSHOT \
+    -DarchetypeVersion=2.9 \
     -DgroupId=com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.testplugin \
     -DartifactId=testplugin
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