diff --git a/doc/manual/Makefile b/doc/manual/Makefile
index 37f05bc5..c1b84598 100644
--- a/doc/manual/Makefile
+++ b/doc/manual/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 .PHONY: clean
 
+DOCVER=$(shell cd ../..; $$PYTHON -c 'import tuned.version as v; print(v.TUNED_VERSION_STR)')
+DOCDATE=$(shell date '+%Y-%m-%d')
+
 index.html: master.adoc assemblies/*.adoc meta/*.adoc modules/performance/*.adoc ../../tuned/plugins/plugin_*.py ../../tuned/profiles/functions/function_*.py
 	$(PYTHON) ./compile_plugin_docs.py ../../tuned/plugins plugin_ Plugin modules/performance/ref_available-tuned-plug-ins_intro.adoc modules/performance/ref_available-tuned-plug-ins.adoc
 	$(PYTHON) ./compile_plugin_docs.py ../../tuned/profiles/functions function_ Function modules/performance/ref_built-in-functions-available-in-tuned-profiles_intro.adoc modules/performance/ref_built-in-functions-available-in-tuned-profiles.adoc
-	asciidoctor -o index.html master.adoc || asciidoc -d book -o index.html master.adoc
+	asciidoctor -a revnumber=$(DOCVER) -a revdate=$(DOCDATE) -o index.html master.adoc || asciidoc -a revnumber=$(DOCVER) -a revdate=$(DOCDATE) -d book -o index.html master.adoc
 
 install: index.html
 	install -Dpm 0644 index.html $(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)/manual/index.html
diff --git a/doc/manual/master.adoc b/doc/manual/master.adoc
index 48905465..1dfc48fb 100644
--- a/doc/manual/master.adoc
+++ b/doc/manual/master.adoc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-:revnumber: 2.27.0
-:revdate: 2026-03-03
+:revnumber: 0.0.0
+:revdate: 2000-01-01
 :keywords: documentation, tuned, performance, power, linux
 :toc:
 
-// The revnumber attribute is intended to show the TuneD version for which the document has been updated
+// The revnumber and revdate attributes are automatically updated during build
 
 [id="{tuned-documentation}"]
 = TuneD documentation: Optimizing system throughput, latency, and power consumption