diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ce3c3aff4..3f9b3246c 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ Here's a short check-list for releases:
     $ git log --use-mailmap | grep ^Author: | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
 * Bump the version in icinga2.spec.
 * Update the ChangeLog and doc/1-about.md files.
-* Commit these changes to the "next" branch and create a signed tag (tags/v<VERSION>).
+* Commit these changes to the "master" branch and create a signed tag (tags/v<VERSION>).
     $ git commit -v -a -m "Release version <VERSION>"
     $ git tag -u EE8E0720 -m "Version <VERSION>" v<VERSION>
     $ git push --tags
-* Merge the "next" branch into the "master" branch (using --ff-only).
-    $ git checkout master
-    $ git merge --ff-only next
-    $ git push origin master
-* Bump the version to "v<NEXT-VERSION>-dev" and commit this change to the "next" branch.
+* Merge the "master" branch into the "support/2.0" branch (using --ff-only).
+    $ git checkout support/2.0
+    $ git merge --ff-only master
+    $ git push origin support/2.0
+* Bump the version to "v<NEXT-VERSION>-dev" and commit this change to the "master" branch.
 
 Note: CMake determines the Icinga 2 version number using "git describe" if the
 source directory is contained in a Git repository. Otherwise the version number