diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e526b1d58f8..a21b60c38bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -974,6 +974,9 @@
           <doctype>book</doctype>
           <imagesDir>images</imagesDir>
           <sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
+          <attributes>
+            <docVersion>${project.version}</docVersion>
+          </attributes>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/book.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/book.adoc
index ea7c2ba0302..b2bd1516001 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/book.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/book.adoc
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 :Author: Apache HBase Team
 :Email: <hbase-dev@lists.apache.org>
 :doctype: book
+:Version: {docVersion}
+:revnumber: {docVersion}
 // Logo for PDF -- doesn't render in HTML
 :title-logo: hbase_logo_with_orca.png
 :numbered: