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@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ When building and distributing a new version of your service, all of the version
 
 Run the tycho-versions-plugin from the project root (where the root pom.xml is located).
 
-Example, change all versions to 2.0.0: `mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version "-DnewVersion=2.0.0"`
+Examples:
+- change all versions to 2.0.0: `mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version "-DnewVersion=2.0.0"`
+- change all version to 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT or 1.2.0.qualifier: `mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version "-DnewVersion=1.2.0-SNAPSHOT"`
 
 This also makes sure that the correct snapshot and qualifier strings are set in the respective pom and manifest files.