diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index a1936b6e52c..f9c4a71688f 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -183,10 +183,26 @@ def get_status_of_this_version():
         return 'unsupported'
 
 
+def get_current_release_tag():
+    ''' Return the name of the tag for the current release
+
+    e.g.: "ckan-2.7.4"
+
+    '''
+    release_tags_ = get_release_tags()
+
+    current_tag = "ckan-{}".format(version)
+
+    if release_tags_.__contains__(current_tag):
+        return current_tag
+    else:
+        return 'COULD_NOT_DETECT_TAG_VERSION'
+
+
 def get_latest_release_tag():
     '''Return the name of the git tag for the latest stable release.
 
-    e.g.: "ckan-2.1.1"
+    e.g.: "ckan-2.7.4"
 
     This requires git to be installed.
 
@@ -212,6 +228,19 @@ def get_latest_release_version():
     return version
 
 
+def get_current_release_version():
+    '''Return the version number of the current release.
+
+    e.g. "2.1.1"
+
+    '''
+    version = get_current_release_tag()[len('ckan-'):]
+
+    # TODO: We could assert here that latest_version matches X.Y.Z.
+
+    return version
+
+
 def get_latest_package_name(distro='trusty'):
     '''Return the filename of the Ubuntu package for the latest stable release.
 
@@ -266,7 +295,8 @@ def write_substitutions_file(**kwargs):
             f.write('.. |{name}| replace:: {substitution}\n'.format(
                     name=name, substitution=substitution))
 
-
+current_release_tag = get_current_release_tag()
+current_release_version = get_current_release_version()
 latest_release_tag_value = get_latest_release_tag()
 latest_release_version = get_latest_release_version()
 latest_minor_version = latest_release_version[:3]
@@ -276,7 +306,7 @@ def write_substitutions_file(**kwargs):
 
 write_substitutions_file(
     latest_release_tag=latest_release_tag_value,
-    latest_release_version=get_latest_release_version(),
+    latest_release_version=latest_release_version,
     latest_package_name_precise=get_latest_package_name('precise'),
     latest_package_name_trusty=get_latest_package_name('trusty'),
     latest_package_name_xenial=get_latest_package_name('xenial'),
diff --git a/doc/maintaining/installing/install-from-docker-compose.rst b/doc/maintaining/installing/install-from-docker-compose.rst
index dfdbbe4893a..bef21d2f7f5 100644
--- a/doc/maintaining/installing/install-from-docker-compose.rst
+++ b/doc/maintaining/installing/install-from-docker-compose.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Clone CKAN into a directory of your choice::
 This will use the latest CKAN master, which may not be stable enough for production use.
 To use a stable version, checkout the respective tag, e.g.::
 
-    git checkout tags/ckan-2.6.2
+    git checkout tags/|latest_release_tag|
 
 ----------------------
 2. Build Docker images