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 				(commit message <i>build/roms/helper: add version information to CBFS</i>)
 				(or you have any <b>upstream</b> stable release of libreboot after 20150518), then you can
 				press C at the GRUB console, and use this command to find out what version of libreboot you have:<br/>
-				<b>cat (cbfsdisk)/lbversion</b>
+				<b>cat (cbfsdisk)/lbversion</b><br/>
+				A file named <i>version</i> will also be included in the archives that you downloaded (if you are
+				using release archives).
+			</p>
+
+			<p>
+				For git, it's easy. Just check the git log.
+			</p>
+
+			<p>
+				For releases on or below 20150518, or snapshots generated from the git repository below 127 commits
+				after 20150518, you can find a file named <i>commitid</i> inside the archives. If you are using
+				pre-built ROM images from the libreboot project, you can press C in GRUB for access to the terminal,
+				and then run this command:<br/>
+				<b>lscoreboot</b><br/>
+				You may find a date in here, detailing when that ROM image was built. For pre-built images distributed
+				by the libreboot project, this is a rough approximation of what version you have, because the version
+				numbers are dated, and the release archives are typically built on the same day as the release.
+			</p>
+
+			<p>
+				You can also check the documentation that came with your archives, and in <i>docs/release.html</i> will be
+				the information about the version of libreboot that you are using.
+			</p>
+
+			<p>
+				Generally speaking, it is advisable to use the latest version of libreboot.
 			</p>
 
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