diff --git a/doc/changes/unreleased.md b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
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--- a/doc/changes/unreleased.md
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@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 # Unreleased
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+* Updated getting_started.rst for allowing tag-based releases
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diff --git a/doc/user_guide/getting_started.rst b/doc/user_guide/getting_started.rst
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@@ -184,11 +184,22 @@ forward, and you just can use the example *noxfile.py* below.
 Within the `gh-pages.yml`, we use the GitHub `upload-pages-artifact` and `deploy-pages`
 actions. In order to properly deploy your pages, you'll need to reconfigure the GitHub
 Pages settings for the repo:
+
 1. Go to the affected repo's GitHub page
 2. Select 'Settings'
 3. Scroll down & select 'Pages'
 4. Within the 'Build and deployment' section, change 'Source' to 'GitHub Actions'.
 
+We also need to configure settings for github-pages environment:
+
+1. Go to the affected repo's GitHub page
+2. Select 'Settings'
+3. Scroll down & select 'Environment'
+4. Click on 'github-pages'
+5. In the 'Deployment branches and tags', click 'Add deployment branch or tag rule'
+6. Select 'Ref type' to be 'Tag' and set the 'Name pattern' to `[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*` (or whatever matches that repo's tags)
+
+
 8. Go 🥜
 +++++++++++++
 You are ready to use the toolbox. With *nox -l* you can list all available tasks.