diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b1ee0921..0e25a883 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,18 +48,16 @@ project = u'Jedi'
 copyright = u'2012 - {today.year}, Jedi contributors'.format(today=datetime.date.today())
 
 import jedi
-_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-_version_strs = [str(x) for x in jedi.__version__]
+from jedi.utils import version_info
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-
-version = '.'.join(_version_strs[:2])
+version = '.'.join(str(x) for x in version_info()[:2])
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '.'.join(_version_strs)
+release = jedi.__version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.