diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c17bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Release Process
+
+The release process consists of these steps:
+1. Create a GitHub release with release notes. The tag name must be a semantic version, prefixed with "v" - e.g. `v0.1.0` or `v0.1.0-rc1`
+1. Wait for the AppVeyor build to finish the *tag* build: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/opentracing/csharp-netcore
+1. As a signed-in AppVeyor user, click "Deploy" on the build details page and select "NuGet (OpenTracing)".
+This will upload the packages to NuGet.org
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
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--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER)' != ''">ci$([System.Int32]::Parse($(APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER)).ToString('D4'))</VersionSuffix>
 
     <!-- Overwrite everything if there's an AppVeyor tag -->
-    <Version Condition="'$(APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME)' != ''">$(APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME)</Version>
+    <Version Condition="'$(APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME)' != ''">$(APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME.TrimStart('v'))</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>