diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index 3b4585b89..e841b8d36 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ Clone lightning:
     git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git
     cd lightning
 
+Checkout a release tag:
+
+    git checkout v0.11.2
+
 For development or running tests, get additional dependencies:
 
     sudo apt-get install -y valgrind libpq-dev shellcheck cppcheck \
@@ -114,6 +118,11 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git
 $ cd lightning
 ```
 
+Checkout a release tag:
+```
+$ git checkout v0.11.2
+```
+
 Build and install lightning:
 ```
 $lightning> ./configure
@@ -260,6 +269,10 @@ Clone lightning:
     $ git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git
     $ cd lightning
 
+Checkout a release tag:
+
+    $ git checkout v0.11.2
+
 Build lightning:
 
     $ poetry install