diff --git a/.github/release-notes.md b/.github/release-notes.md
index dad749aa..f78bac66 100644
--- a/.github/release-notes.md
+++ b/.github/release-notes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 SolveCraft is an open-source parametric 3D CAD application in pure Rust: sketch on a plane,
 constrain and dimension the sketch, turn profiles into solids on a feature timeline, and change a
-parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. This is a **pre-release**: it is early, and we'd like
-your bug reports.
+parameter to watch the timeline rebuild. It is early, and we'd like your bug reports.
 
 ## Fixed since v0.1.0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dd480585..b55f9893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release builds: push a tag `v*` (or run it by hand with a tag name) and this builds the desktop
 # app and the CLI for Linux, Windows and macOS plus the web app, and attaches them to a GitHub
-# release (a pre-release while the version is 0.x) with SHA256SUMS. Notes:
+# release with SHA256SUMS (a pre-release when the tag has a suffix, such as v0.2.0-rc1). Notes:
 # .github/release-notes.md.
 name: Release
 
@@ -132,5 +132,6 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
           name: SolveCraft ${{ env.TAG }}
           body_path: .github/release-notes.md
-          prerelease: ${{ startsWith(env.TAG, 'v0.') }}
+          # A tag with a suffix (v0.2.0-rc1) is a pre-release; v1.2.3 is a normal release.
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(env.TAG, '-') }}
           files: assets/*