diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bc35fdbc..755ff51df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Recommendation on how to cite in publications (#943)
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Exposed internal variables to get feature parity for pyvroom (#901)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58a8dd644..1fa77e4cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _Good solutions, fast._
 
 ## About
 
-VROOM is an open-source optimization engine written in C++17 that aim
+VROOM is an open-source optimization engine written in C++20 that aim
 at providing good solutions to various real-life [vehicle routing
 problems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_routing_problem) (VRP)
 within a small computing time.
@@ -128,3 +128,18 @@ Academic and custom benchmarks are heavily used during development for
 each new core feature. Every new release is checked against all
 benchmarks classes to spot potential regressions with regard to both
 solution quality and computing times.
+
+## Reference in publications
+
+To cite VROOM in publications, please use:
+
+```bibtex
+@manual{vroom_v1.13,
+   title = {{VROOM v1.13, Vehicle Routing Open-source Optimization Machine}},
+   author = {Coupey, Julien and Nicod, Jean-Marc and Varnier, Christophe},
+   year = 2023,
+   organization = {Verso (\url{https://verso-optim.com/})},
+   address = {Besançon, France},
+   note = {\url{http://vroom-project.org/}}
+ }
+ ```
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index a23877d3b..9029a0cf5 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 ## Final release
 
-- Bump version number in `src/utils/version.h` and in `CHANGELOG.md`
-  and commit changes
+- Bump version number in `src/utils/version.h`, `CHANGELOG.md` and
+  `README.md` and commit changes
 - Tag : `git tag vX.Y.0`
 - Push release branch and tag: `git push origin release/X.Y`, `git push origin vX.Y.0`
 - Draft a new release on github