diff --git a/developer_manual/app_development/info.rst b/developer_manual/app_development/info.rst
index cf8a201ef..8c1b4cb78 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app_development/info.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app_development/info.rst
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ description
 version
     * required
     * must be a `semantic version <http://semver.org/>`_ without build metadata, e.g. 9.0.1 or 9.1.0-alpha.1
+    * semantic version also means:
+
+        * when you add a new Nextcloud version as a supported version, you bump the minor version (second number)
+        * when you remove a Nextcloud version from the supported versions, you bump the major version (first number)
+
 licence
     * required
     * must contain **agpl**, **mpl*** and/or **apache** as the only valid values. These refer to the AGPLv3, MPL 2.0 and Apache License 2.0