diff --git a/content/v2-go-modules.article b/content/v2-go-modules.article
index 634c3dc..db2c0cd 100644
--- a/content/v2-go-modules.article
+++ b/content/v2-go-modules.article
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
 the new API. If we want users to be able to experiment with the new API before
 we officially make it stable, we can publish a `v2` pre-release version:
 
-    $ git tag v2.0.0-alpha1
-    $ git push origin v2.0.0-alpha1
+    $ git tag v2.0.0-alpha.1
+    $ git push origin v2.0.0-alpha.1
     $
 
 Once we are happy with our `v2` API and are sure we don't need any other breaking