diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 8572a4365..b8031c925 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ var (
 	// Package is filled at linking time
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd"
 
-	// Version holds the complete version number.
-	// Filled at linking time.
-	Version = "1.0.0-dev+unknown"
+	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
+	Version = "1.0.0-alpha0+unknown"
 
-	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build the
-	// program at linking time
+	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
+	// the program at linking time.
 	Revision = ""
 )