1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5dbcdab8..a42dcb22 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
     'cryptography-docs',
+    'sphinxcontrib.spelling',
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -60,10 +61,13 @@ copyright = '2013-2014, Individual Contributors'
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.1dev'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.1dev'
+
+base_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir)
+about = {}
+with open(os.path.join(base_dir, "cryptography", "__about__.py")) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
+version = release = about["__version__"]
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.