diff --git a/docs/maintainers/releasing.md b/docs/maintainers/releasing.md
index 8a01d94c27..184ec70dbd 100644
--- a/docs/maintainers/releasing.md
+++ b/docs/maintainers/releasing.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Run `Publish-NuGetFeed` to generate PowerShell NuGet packages:
 Import-Module .\build.psm1
 Start-PSBootstrap -Package
 Start-PSBuild -Clean -Publish
-$VersionSuffix = ((git describe) -split '-')[-1] -replace "\."
+$VersionSuffix = ((git describe) -split '-')[-1]
 Publish-NuGetFeed -VersionSuffix $VersionSuffix
 ```