diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
index 993db7b268..c54065ea22 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
@@ -234,8 +234,11 @@ majority of tickets have a severity of "Normal".
 Version
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-It is possible to use the *version* attribute to indicate in which
-version the reported bug was identified.
+The *version* attribute indicates the earliest version in which the bug was
+reproduced. During triage, this field can be updated, but there is no need to
+make further updates when that version goes out of support. The field should
+not be reset to "dev" to show the issue still exists: instead, the tested
+commit hash can be noted in a comment.
 
 UI/UX
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