diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 99acfdd79..88cba9758 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -114,38 +114,30 @@ Build from source
 		$ git clone git://github.com/sbt/sbt.git
 		$ cd sbt
 
-3. The initial branch is the development branch [0.13](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/0.13), which contains the latest code for the next major sbt release.  To build a specific release or commit, switch to the associated tag.  The tag for the latest stable release is [v0.13.8](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/v0.13.8):
+3. The default branch is the development branch [0.13](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/0.13), which contains the latest code for the next major sbt release.  To build a specific release or commit, switch to the associated tag.  The tag for the latest stable release is [v0.13.9](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/v0.13.9):
 
-		$ git checkout v0.13.8
+		$ git checkout v0.13.9
 
-	Note that sbt is always built with the previous stable release.  For example, the [0.13](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/0.13) branch is built with 0.13.2 and the [v0.13.2](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/v0.13.2) tag is built with 0.13.1.
+	Note that sbt is always built with the previous stable release.  For example, the [0.13](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/0.13) branch is built with 0.13.8 and the [v0.13.8](https://github.com/sbt/sbt/tree/v0.13.8) tag is built with 0.13.8.
 
 4. To build the launcher and publish all components locally,
 
 		$ sbt
 		> publishLocal
 
-5. To use this locally built version of sbt, copy your stable `~/bin/sbt` script to `~/bin/xsbt` and change it to use the launcher jar in `<sbt>/launch/target/`.
-
-  For the v0.13.8 tag, the full location is:
-
-		<sbt>/target/sbt-launch-0.13.8.jar
-
-	If using the 0.13 development branch, the launcher is at:
-
-               <sbt>/launch/target/sbt-launch.jar
+5. To use this locally built version of sbt, copy your stable `~/bin/sbt` script to `~/bin/xsbt` and change it to use the launcher jar at `<sbt>/launch/target/sbt-launch.jar`.
 
 	Directory `target` is removed by `clean` command. Second solution is using the artifact stored in the local ivy repository.
 
-	 The launcher is located in:
+	The launcher is located in:
 
-              $HOME/.ivy2/local/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/0.13.8/jars/sbt-launch.jar
+    $HOME/.ivy2/local/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/0.13.9/jars/sbt-launch.jar
 
-	 for v0.13.8 tag, or in:
+	for v0.13.9 tag, or in:
 
-              $HOME/.ivy2/local/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/0.13.10-SNAPSHOT/jars/sbt-launch.jar
+    $HOME/.ivy2/local/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/0.13.10-SNAPSHOT/jars/sbt-launch.jar
 
-	 for development branch.
+	for the development branch.
 
 ## Modifying sbt