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@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ Using this setting, you can selectively ignore package files that you don't want
 
 ## ignoreUnstable
 
-By default, Renovate won't update any packages to unstable versions (e.g. `4.0.0-rc3`) unless the package version was _already_ unstable (e.g. it was already on `4.0.0-rc2`). If for some reason you wish to _force_ unstable updates on Renovate, you can set `ignoreUnstable` to `false`, but this is not recommended for most situations.
+By default, Renovate won't update any package versions to unstable versions (e.g. `4.0.0-rc3`) unless the current version has the same major.minor.patch and was _already_ unstable (e.g. it was already on `4.0.0-rc2`). Renovate will not "jump" unstable versions automatically, e.g. if you are on `4.0.0-rc2` and newer versions `4.0.0` and `4.1.0-alpha.1` exist then Renovate will upate you to `4.0.0` only. If you need to force permanent unstable updates for a package, you can add a package rule setting `ignoreUnstable` to `false`.
+
+Also check out the `followTag` configuration option above if you wish Renovate to keep you pinned to a particular release tag.
 
 ## includePaths