diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index cd8294a9..c477225e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,46 @@
 History
 =======
 
+v2022.09.0 (2022-09-19)
+-----------------------
+
+We're pleased to announce the release of dask-image v2022.09.0!
+
+Not much has changed since the last release.
+Volker Hilsenstein has improved imread, which now uses natural sorting for strings.
+Fred Blunt has fixed deprecation warnings from scipy.ndimage,
+and we've also done some miscellaneous maintenance work.
+
+Improvements
+
+* Use natural sorting in  `imread(...)` when globbing multiple files  (#265)
+* Avoid DeprecationWarnings when importing scipy.ndimage filter functions (#261)
+
+
+Maintenance
+
+* Remove/add testing for python 3.6/3.9, update CI pinnings (#257)
+* Update docs theme for rebranding (#263)
+* Run CI on `main` (#264)
+
+
+6 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+
+* `Charles Blackmon-Luca <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=charlesbluca>`_ - @charlesbluca
+* `Fred Bunt <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=fbunt>`_ - @fbunt
+* `Genevieve Buckley <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=GenevieveBuckley>`_ - @GenevieveBuckley
+* `jakirkham <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=jakirkham>`_ - @jakirkham
+* `Sarah Charlotte Johnson <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=scharlottej13>`_ - @scharlottej13
+* `Volker Hilsenstein <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=VolkerH>`_ - @VolkerH
+
+
+3 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+
+* `Charles Blackmon-Luca <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=charlesbluca>`_ - @charlesbluca
+* `Genevieve Buckley <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=GenevieveBuckley>`_ - @GenevieveBuckley
+* `jakirkham <https://github.com/dask/dask-image/commits?author=jakirkham>`_ - @jakirkham
+
+
 2021.12.0
 ----------
 
diff --git a/docs/release/release_guide.rst b/docs/release/release_guide.rst
index 27fbbc02..00dd5ca7 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/release/release_guide.rst
@@ -38,13 +38,17 @@ Determining the new version number
 
 We use `calendar versioning (CalVer) <https://calver.org/>`_
 for `dask-image`. This means version numbers have the format
-`YYYY.MM.DD`.
+`YYYY.MM.X`. Here, YYYY indicates the year, MM indicates the month,
+and X is an integer counter beginning at zero (to distinguish
+between cases where multiple releases were made in the same month).
 
 `Versioneer <https://github.com/warner/python-versioneer>`_
 then determines the exact version from the latest
 `git tag <https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging>`_
-beginning with `v`. So our git tags will have the format `vYYYY.MM.DD`.
+beginning with `v`. So our git tags will have the format `vYYYY.MM.X`.
 
+So for example, a git tag "v2030.01.0" will be the first release
+made in the month of January, in the year 2030.
 
 Generate the release notes
 --------------------------