diff --git a/devstack/README.rst b/devstack/README.rst
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--- a/devstack/README.rst
+++ b/devstack/README.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Enabling Panko in DevStack
     [[local|localrc]]
     enable_plugin panko https://git.openstack.org/openstack/panko
 
+   To use stable branches, make sure devstack is on that branch, and specify
+   the branch name to enable_plugin, for example::
+
+    enable_plugin panko https://git.openstack.org/openstack/panko stable/newton
+
    There are some options, such as PANKO_BACKEND, defined in
    ``panko/devstack/settings``, they can be used to configure the
    installation of Panko. If you don't want to use their default value,