diff --git a/src/Documenter.jl b/src/Documenter.jl
index 1ef12df3035..8a80ddf3306 100644
--- a/src/Documenter.jl
+++ b/src/Documenter.jl
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ deploydocs(
 )
 ```
 
+When building the docs for a tag (i.e. a release) the documentation is deployed to
+a directory with the tag name (i.e. `vX.Y.Z`) and to the `stable` directory.
+Otherwise the docs are deployed to the `latest` directory.
+
 # Keywords
 
 **`root`** has the same purpose as the `root` keyword for [`makedocs`](@ref).
@@ -463,6 +467,9 @@ end
     )
 
 Handles pushing changes to the remote documentation branch.
+When `tag` is empty the docs are deployed to the `latest` directory,
+and when building docs for a tag they are deployed to a `vX.Y.Z` directory,
+and also to the `stable` directory.
 """
 function git_push(
         root, temp, repo;
@@ -529,10 +536,6 @@ function git_push(
                     end
                     gitrm_copy(target_dir, tagged_dir)
                     Writers.HTMLWriter.generate_siteinfo_file(tagged_dir, tag)
-                    # Build a `release-*.*` folder as well
-                    release = "release-$(version.major).$(version.minor)"
-                    gitrm_copy(target_dir, joinpath(dirname, release))
-                    Writers.HTMLWriter.generate_siteinfo_file(joinpath(dirname, release), release)
                 end
 
                 # Create the versions.js file containing a list of all docs
diff --git a/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl b/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl
index 381d04eeb01..b2e9c470342 100644
--- a/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl
+++ b/src/Writers/HTMLWriter.jl
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ function generate_version_file(dir::AbstractString)
     end
     open(joinpath(dir, "versions.js"), "w") do buf
         println(buf, "var DOC_VERSIONS = [")
-        for group in (named_folders, release_folders, tag_folders)
+        for group in (named_folders, tag_folders, release_folders)
             for folder in sort!(group, rev = true)
                 println(buf, "  \"", folder, "\",")
             end