diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 0acce436..b6ef7998 100644
--- a/README.adoc
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@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ Add the Maven dependency:
**Compatibility Matrix**
-[cols="^,^"]
+[cols="^,^,"]
|===
-|Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch
-|3.2.x |6.8.1
+|Spring Data Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch |
+| _3.2.x_ |_6.8.1_ | _not yet released_
|3.1.x |6.2.2
|3.0.x |5.5.0
|2.1.x |2.4.0
@@ -126,7 +126,24 @@ Add the Maven dependency:
|1.3.x |1.5.2
|===
-If you'd rather like the latest snapshots of the upcoming major version, use our Maven snapshot repository and declare the appropriate dependency version.
+To use the Release candidate versions of the upcoming major version, use our Maven milestone repository and declare the appropriate dependency version:
+
+[source,xml]
+----
+
+ org.springframework.data
+ spring-data-elasticsearch
+ ${version}.RCx
+
+
+
+ spring-libs-snapshot
+ Spring Snapshot Repository
+ https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone
+
+----
+
+If you'd rather like the latest snapshots of the upcoming major version, use our Maven snapshot repository and declare the appropriate dependency version:
[source,xml]
----