diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 18051686680..3de0894304b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1069,7 +1069,8 @@ jobs:
             # Don't use "checkout" step since it uses ssh, which cannot git push
             # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#checkout
             set -ex
-            tag=${CIRCLE_TAG:1:5}
+            # Change v1.12.1rc1 into 1.12 (only major.minor)
+            tag=$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | sed -e 's/v*\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/')
             target=${tag:-main}
             ~/workspace/.circleci/build_docs/commit_docs.sh ~/workspace $target
 
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.in b/.circleci/config.yml.in
index 76d90274be3..e36b368db1c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.in
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.in
@@ -1069,7 +1069,8 @@ jobs:
             # Don't use "checkout" step since it uses ssh, which cannot git push
             # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#checkout
             set -ex
-            tag=${CIRCLE_TAG:1:5}
+            # Change v1.12.1rc1 into 1.12 (only major.minor)
+            tag=$(echo $CIRCLE_TAG | sed -e 's/v*\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/')
             target=${tag:-main}
             ~/workspace/.circleci/build_docs/commit_docs.sh ~/workspace $target
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e5b200f4a42..d09a33c3064 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # import sys
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
+import os
+
 import pytorch_sphinx_theme
 import torchvision
 
@@ -80,11 +82,16 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-# TODO: change to [:2] at v1.0
 version = "main (" + torchvision.__version__ + " )"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-# TODO: verify this works as expected
 release = "main"
+VERSION = os.environ.get("VERSION", None)
+if VERSION:
+    # Turn 1.11.0aHASH into 1.11 (major.minor only)
+    version = ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
+    html_title = " ".join((project, version, "documentation"))
+    release = version
+
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.