diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30bfa8b10..26e71aa72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,18 +67,11 @@ To update Hugo’s dependencies, use `go get` with the `-u` option.
 	
 ## The Hugo Documentation
 
-The Hugo documentation now lives in its own repository, see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs. But we do keep a version of that documentation as a `git subtree` in this repository. To build the sub folder `/docs` as a Hugo site, you need to clone this repo with submodules:
+The Hugo documentation now lives in its own repository, see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs. But we do keep a version of that documentation as a `git subtree` in this repository. To build the sub folder `/docs` as a Hugo site, you need to clone this repo:
 
 ```bash
-git clone --recursive git@github.com:gohugoio/hugo.git
+git clone git@github.com:gohugoio/hugo.git
 ```
-
-Or after you have cloned it you can do:
-
-```bash
-git submodule update --init
-```
-
 ## Contributing to Hugo
 
 For a complete guide to contributing to Hugo, see the [Contribution Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
diff --git a/docs/config.toml b/docs/config.toml
index 4ed86586a..63dff16ea 100644
--- a/docs/config.toml
+++ b/docs/config.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ twitter = "GoHugoIO"
 [params]
   description = "The world’s fastest framework for building websites"
   ## Used for views in rendered HTML (i.e., rather than using the .Hugo variable)
-  release = "0.26"
+  release = "0.27-DEV"
   ## Setting this to true will add a "noindex" to *EVERY* page on the site
   removefromexternalsearch = false
   ## Gh repo for site footer (include trailing slash)