diff --git a/Shake.hs b/Shake.hs
index f06d19227..2c80c7ef3 100755
--- a/Shake.hs
+++ b/Shake.hs
@@ -244,7 +244,9 @@ main = do
     phony "releasemanual0.27" $ do
       -- XXX under doc so hakyll-std will render it
       cmd "mkdir -p site/doc/0.27" :: Action ExitCode
-      cmd Shell "git show 0.27:doc/manual.md >site/doc/0.27/manual.md"
+      cmd Shell "git show 0.27:doc/manual.md >site/doc/0.27/manual.md" :: Action ExitCode
+      cmd Shell "patch site/doc/0.27/manual.md doc/manual0.27.diff "
+
 
     -- build standard hakyll script used for site rendering
     hakyllstd %> \out -> do
diff --git a/doc/lib.m4 b/doc/lib.m4
index 851a8320b..d5f88dd83 100644
--- a/doc/lib.m4
+++ b/doc/lib.m4
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ m4_define({{_author_}}, {{}})m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_monthyear_}}, {{May 2016}})m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_currentrelease_}}, {{0.27}})m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_version_}}, {{0.28}})m4_dnl
+m4_dnl
+m4_dnl Links to dev and recent release versions of a manual.
+m4_dnl $1 is the manual's web slug: hledger, hledger-ui, journal, csv etc.
+m4_dnl The current version is hidden (or whatever) by highlightDocVersion in site.js.
+m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_versions_}},
 <div class="versions">
-version:
-<a href="$1.html">dev</a>
-| <a href="doc/_currentrelease_()/manual.html{{#}}m4_patsubst($1,{{hledger-}})">_currentrelease_()</a>
+This doc is for version **_version_**.
+Other versions:
+<a href="$1.html">_version_</a>
+| <a href="doc/_currentrelease_()/manual.html{{#}}$1">_currentrelease_()</a>
 </div>)m4_dnl
 m4_dnl
 m4_define({{_toc_}}, {{* toc}})m4_dnl
diff --git a/doc/manual0.27.diff b/doc/manual0.27.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c93e44974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual0.27.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+4a5,12
+> <div class="versions">
+> This doc is for version **0.27**.
+> Other versions:
+> <a href="manual.html">0.28dev</a>
+> </div>
+> 
+> <a name="hledger" />
+> 
+2198a2207,2208
+> <a name="hledger-ui" />
+> 
+2316a2327,2328
+> 
+> <a name="hledger-web" />
diff --git a/hledger-api/doc/hledger-api.1.m4.md b/hledger-api/doc/hledger-api.1.m4.md
index 93cc224a1..8b15726aa 100644
--- a/hledger-api/doc/hledger-api.1.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-api/doc/hledger-api.1.m4.md
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 % _monthyear_
 
 _web_({{
-m4_dnl _versions_({{hledger-api}})
-<div class="versions">
-version:
-<a href="$1.html">dev</a>
-</div>
+_versions_({{hledger-api}})
 _toc_
 }})
 
diff --git a/site/js/site.js b/site/js/site.js
index 3b4e129ba..089572df0 100644
--- a/site/js/site.js
+++ b/site/js/site.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function highlightDocVersion() {
   $('.versions').each( function() {
     var parts = window.location.pathname.split('/');
     var dir = parts.length > 1 ? parts[parts.length-2] : '';
-    var ver = $.isNumeric(dir) ? dir : 'dev';
+    var ver = $.isNumeric(dir) ? dir : '0.28';
     $(this).find('a').each( function() {
       if ($(this).html() == ver)
         $(this)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function highlightDocVersion() {
         .css('text-decoration', 'none')
         .css('color', 'initial')
         // .css('font-weight','bold');
+        .hide()
     });
   });
 }