diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bb50c45..52e47d6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ commit message, so a `Release-As:` footer would be lost. Set the version in `rel
 ```
 
 After that release is published, remove `release-as` in a follow-up PR; later versions then count up on their own
-(`2.0.0-beta.2`, ...). For `2.0.0` itself, set `"release-as": "2.0.0"` and `"prerelease": false`.
+(`2.0.0-beta.2`, ...). For `2.0.0` itself, set `"release-as": "2.0.0"` and `"prerelease": false`, and drop
+`"versioning": "prerelease"` and `"prerelease-type"`, so that later versions follow plain semantic versioning
+(`fix:` → 2.0.1, `feat:` → 2.1.0, a breaking change → 3.0.0).
 
 ## Public API
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24459b8..d5c27b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 A `Maybe<T>` for C# 15 built on union types: exhaustive pattern matching, query syntax, and no invalid states.
 
-> **Status:** 2.0 is a ground-up rewrite for .NET 11 and is under active development. The 1.x line is retired.
+> **Status:** 2.0 is a ground-up rewrite for .NET 11 and C# 15 unions. The 1.x line is retired.
 
 ```csharp
 using DotMaybe;
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 7041b17..013f511 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
   "release-type": "simple",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
-  "versioning": "prerelease",
-  "prerelease": true,
-  "prerelease-type": "beta",
+  "prerelease": false,
   "packages": {
     ".": {
-      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md"
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-as": "2.0.0"
     }
   }
 }