diff --git a/docs/design/release-process.md b/docs/design/release-process.md
index 7493154..64ea227 100644
--- a/docs/design/release-process.md
+++ b/docs/design/release-process.md
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ _Maintainer steps. User-facing install instructions live in `maxmsp/README.md` a
      is the file the `release` job reads. A core change therefore cannot be forgotten by a host:
      it was recorded when it landed, and the Pd file keeps accumulating while only Max ships.
    - Before tagging, check the notes against git rather than memory. `<last>` is the host's
-     previous tag (`v0.2` for Pd until the first `pd-v` tag exists):
+     previous tag (`v0.1` for Pd until the first `pd-v` tag exists; it is the Pd 0.1 release and
+     the only pre-split tag left):
      ```bash
      git log <host>-v<last>..HEAD --oneline -- core <maxmsp|puredata>
      ```
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ Then tag `max-v<ver>` as under *Ship* above.
 - Pending "Breaking" items for the next Pd release: none recorded. (The `mc.` rename and the
   `root` mode change were Max-only.)
 - Rename `docs/releases/pd-next.md` to `docs/releases/pd-v<ver>.md` and check it against
-  `git log v0.2..HEAD --oneline -- core puredata` (rule 7; `v0.2` is the last Pd tag).
+  `git log v0.1..HEAD --oneline -- core puredata` (rule 7; `v0.1`, the Pd 0.1 release, is the
+  last Pd tag). Pd versioning starts properly with `pd-v0.3.0`.
 - Bump `VERSION` in `puredata/zerr-meta.pd`. It is the only place the Pd version lives: the
   Makefile compiles it in as `ZERR_PD_VERSION`, pd-lib-builder reads it as `lib.version`, and the
   zip name carries it.
diff --git a/docs/releases/pd-next.md b/docs/releases/pd-next.md
index d34621c..25b11b6 100644
--- a/docs/releases/pd-next.md
+++ b/docs/releases/pd-next.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 _Pending notes for the next Pure Data release (rule 7 in `docs/design/release-process.md`).
 Renamed to `pd-v<ver>.md` when the version in `puredata/zerr-meta.pd` is decided. Lines added
-since 2026-10-15 only; everything earlier since `v0.2` still has to be enumerated with
-`git log v0.2..HEAD --oneline -- core puredata` before the first `pd-v` tag._
+since 2026-10-15 only; everything earlier since `v0.1` (the Pd 0.1 release, the last Pd tag)
+still has to be enumerated with `git log v0.1..HEAD --oneline -- core puredata` before the first
+`pd-v` tag._
 
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