diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5a85381c..d8bfaff2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,14 +5,22 @@ dnl
 AC_INIT(copyright.txt)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
+# Making releases:
+#   LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION += 1;
+#   LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE += 1;
+#   LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE += 1;
+# if any functions have been added, set LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE to 0.
+# if backwards compatibility has been broken,
+# set LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE and LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE to 0.
+#
 
 LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION=2
 LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION=0
-LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION=5
+LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION=7
 LIBGTOP_VERSION=$LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libgtop, $LIBGTOP_VERSION)
-LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE=5
-LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE=5
+LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE=7
+LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE=7
 
 # you can set this to `-snap' for instance to create
 # a `libgtop-1.x.y-snap.tar.gz' tarball.