diff --git a/doc/sphinx/compiling.rst b/doc/sphinx/compiling.rst
index 21da4e913c..295899e446 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/compiling.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/compiling.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Stable Release
 
     git clone https://github.com/Cantera/cantera.git
     cd cantera
-    git checkout 2.1
+    git checkout 2.2
 
 Development Version
 -------------------